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August 5, 2022 By Joe Rivera 0

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With a 9-21 record in their last 30 games, the Angels are living up to the infamous meme tweet this season. On Thursday night, Los Angeles hit seven home runs against the Athletics. Such an onslaught would surely lead to a win, right?

Instead, the Angels lost 8-7.

"Solo home runs won't kill you" is an old baseball adage that the Athletics put to the test last night. The Angels smashed seven home runs — all of the solo vari atlanta braves jersey boys ety — tying the MLB record with most solo home runs in a loss, accomplished last by the White Sox in 2016.

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Here are some of the more interesting numbers from the loss:

2,723: The distance (feet) combined by the seven Angels solo shots. Shohei Ohtani (two), Kurt Suzuki, Jared Walsh, Taylor Ward, Mickey Moniak and Jo Adell ea atlanta braves championship gear ch had a dinger of tBryce Harper h atlanta braves jersey woman eir own in the game.

2: Shohei Ohtani hit two home runs in the game, for his fifth multi-homer game of the season. In all, it's Ohtani's 11th multi-home run game of his career. 

He's tied for second in multi-homer games this season. Yankees' oMLB Autographed Memorabiliautfielder Aaron Judge is in first with nine games. 

It's also Ohtani's second multi-homer game vs. the Athletics, the last coming in 2019. The Angels' record in games in which Ohtani homers more than once is 6-5. How on-brand.

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4: Athletics pitcher Paul Blackburn gave up four home runs in five innings pitched — he also got the win.

The last pitcher to give up four home runs and get a win atlanta braves jersey olsen decision was Detroit's Matthew Boyd on Aug. 31, 2019 vs. t atlanta braves jersey mens medium he Twins.

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18: It's the Angels' 18th loss this season in a one-run game. That's one of the worst marks in MLB: Only the Rangers have a worse record in one-run games this season, with a 6-23 mark.

2-3: The AngeExpress ls are now 2-3 this season when Ohtani hits more than home run. That's the first time in franchise history that the team has lost three games when a player hits more than one home run.