Shohei Ohtani hits 2 homers, 1st grand slam; Angels beat Rays

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Shohei Ohtani can do it all on a baseball field, yet the Japanese two-way sensation had never hit a grand slam as a professional.

He changed that Monday night.

Ohtani's first slam came on a two-homer night, Mike Trout also homered and the surging Los Angeles Angels beat the Tampa Bay Rays 11-3.

"Honestly I didn’t know it was my first one. In my head I thought I hit one in Japan, but I guess not," Ohtani said through his interpreter.

The AL MVP hit two homers in a game for the second time this season and eighth in the majors. Ohtani had a solo shot in the sixth inning off Jalen Beeks. In the seventh, he connected on a 3-1 cutter from Calvin Faucher, who was making his big-league debut, and sent it over the wall in left for the Angels' third grand slam this season.

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Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) reacts as he runs the bases after hitting a grand slam home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, May 9, 2022. Andrew Velazquez, Brandon Marsh, and Mike Trout also scored.  (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

"I wasn’t expecting to hit two home runs," said Ohtani, who has gone deep six times this season. "I wasn’t sitting on any particular pitches. If the ball was in the zone, I wanted to put good swings on it. Trout set the tone the previous at-bat by hitting that home run."

Ohtani — who will receive his AL MVP Award before Tuesday's game — is one homer shy of becoming the third Japanese-born player to reach 100 in the majors. He has 147 in his professional career, including 48 with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in