TEMPE, Ariz. -- Rockies first baseman Ian Desmond entered Friday's game against the Angels 3-for-31 this spring. By the time he left the second inning, he had two home runs.
In the grand scheme, Desmond's homers go into the same file as his early struggles, which came chock full of strikeouts -- 16. The stats are meaningless; all that matters is Desmond finding comfort in an adjustment -- dropping his hands in his batting stance.
The first homer led off the inning against Japanese phemon right-hander Shohei Ohtani, who gave up seven runs on seven hits and a hit batsman in the inning, without recording an out until striking out Trevor Story and exiting.