Maybe he was exhausted after a 3-hour, 35-minute marathon that featured 23 runs, 27 hits, seven homers and 14 pitchers, but Angels shortstop Andrelton Simmons kept a straight face and monotone voice when he was asked about two-way phenom Shohei Ohtani hitting a home run in his third consecutive game.
Majestic as it was, Ohtani's second-inning blast, a towering solo shot that traveled 449 feet and splashed into the water in the rock formation beyond the center field wall, merely turned a six-run deficit into five.
"Yeah," left fielder Justin Upton said, when asked if Ohtani's homer put a charge into the team.