ANAHEIM — The fireworks show was scheduled to happen postgame. The Angels’ offense could not wait.
The Angels sent four rockets over the wall on Saturday and got back on track after consecutive defeats with a 10-4 victory over the Cleveland Guardians for their fifth victory in the past seven games.
The power show was a welcome sight after the club opened the season with six home runs over the first seven games and a slugging percentage near the bottom third of baseball. But there were signs an outburst was on the way.
Mike Trout and Logan O’Hoppe each hit home runs in the previous two games. Both went deep Saturday as well to highlight a seven-run fifth inning when the Angels stormed in front for good.
Jorge Soler hit his first home run in an Angels uniform and Luis Rengifo also went deep after departing Friday’s home opener in the fourth inning with a hamstring injury.
The four home runs by the Angels spoiled the homecoming of Guardians right-hander Tanner Bibee (1-1). The Mission Viejo gave up seven runs on eight hits over four-plus innings after he went 5 2/3 scoreless innings in his season debut last Sunday.
The Angels’ damage came in support of right-hander Jack Kochanowicz, who was making his second start of the season and just the 13th of his young career. Kochanowicz had been the victim of the Guardians’ own early power display when he was taken deep by Carlos Santana in the first inning and Bo Naylor in the third.
Kochanowicz (1-0) gave up three runs on four hits over five innings with three walks and four strikeouts. His day was done after 79 pitches with the Angels up 10-3 as he fell one inning shy of becoming the second Angels pitcher ever to have 10 quality starts over their first 13 outings after Jered Weaver did it to open his major league career.
Angels relievers Garrett McDaniels and Ian Anderson each pitched two scoreless innings to finish off the victory.
It did not start out promising when Santana went deep for Cleveland as the third batter of the game. But the Angels’ offense went on the counterattack with two home runs within their first four batters of the game when Rengifo went deep, and Soler put one over the center field wall after Trout walked.
Trout’s home run scored Rengifo and kicked off the run-scoring party in the fifth. It also broke a 3-3 tie to give the Angels the lead for good. Soler followed by getting hit in the left hand by a Bibee pitch and O’Hoppe ripped with his own homer to center for a 7-3 lead.
Right-hander Triston McKenzie replaced Bibee with Nolan Schanuel, greeting him with a single and Jo Adell worked a walk with one out. After a wild pitch to move up both runners, Tim Anderson doubled to left for his first two RBI in an Angels uniform.
Taylor Ward followed Anderson with an RBI single as the Angels reached double digits in runs for the first time this season.
Only when the final out was made did they light the fuse on the pyrotechnics outside the stadium beyond center field. The flash was spectacular, but the bang did not compare.
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