SAN FRANCISCO — Logan O’Hoppe continues to sizzle at the plate.
The Angels catcher hit one of the longest homers in the majors this season, a game-tying shot that sent the Angels on their way to a 4-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday.
O’Hoppe’s sixth-inning two-run homer was calculated at 467 feet, tied for the fifth-longest homer in the majors this season. It was 39 feet farther than any of his other 22 career big-league homers.
O’Hoppe is now 15 for 29 in his last eight games, with seven extra-base hits and a 1.430 OPS.
For the season, O’Hoppe has lifted his average to .284 and his OPS to .811. He has hit nine homers.
After O’Hoppe tied the game, the Angels took the lead an inning later on a two-out single from Luis Rengifo.
Relievers Hunter Strickland, Luis Garcia and Carlos Estévez held the lead over the final three innings, securing the Angels’ fourth victory in their last six games.
Starter Patrick Sandoval got a no-decision after weaving his way through five innings on 97 pitches, allowing three runs on eight hits and two walks.
Sandoval certainly would have liked to be better, but it also could have been much worse. The Giants had two on with one out in the first and the bases loaded with one out in the fifth. Both times Sandoval escaped those jams with no further damage.
Sandoval also struck out the side through the middle of the Giants order in the third inning.
More to come on this story.
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