It took Ben Revere five years to hit his first home run in the major leagues. He does not normally hit them. So, when the Angels left fielder sneaked one over the right-field wall Tuesday night at the Oakland Coliseum for his seventh career homer, it became clear that luck might be on the Angels’ side for the night.
“I thought that was going to hit the fence,” Revere said. “I’m a wimp.”
The 5-foot-9, 175-pound outfielder and the Angels raced past the Athletics 7-3 in a game that featured five home runs.
Right-hander Jharel Cotton struck out Yunel Escobar and Kole Calhoun to begin the game, gave up Albert Pujols’ 596th homer, then struck out Luis Valbuena to end the inning.