<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/taylor-wards-uplifting-message-for-blue-jays-sp-alek-manoah-after-scary-july-hbp');   ga('set', 'title', 'Taylor Ward’s uplifting message for Blue Jays SP Alek Manoah after scary July HBP');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Blue-Jays-news-Taylor-Ward_s-uplifting-message-for-Alek-Manoah-after-scary-July-HBP.jpeg"></figure><h1>Taylor Ward’s uplifting message for Blue Jays SP Alek Manoah after scary July HBP</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-07T08:57:09-07:00">September 7th, 8:57am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-07T08:57:09-07:00">September 7th, 8:57am</time><address><a>Andrew Meyers</a>Andrew Meyers is an avid sports fan with a fondness for Philadelphia teams that rarely love him back. He has two degrees from Quinnipiac University, including a master's in sports journalism. Outside of ClutchPoints, Meyers does play-by-play broadcasting for various colleges in the northeast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Los Angeles Angels outfielder Taylor Ward’s season ended on July 29 when he was hit in the face by a pitch from Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Alek Manoah. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/angels-news-taylor-ward-breaks-silence-on-taking-92-mph-sinker-to-the-face-in-july" rel="noopener">The incident gave Ward three fractures</a> in his face/head, requiring surgery and lengthy recovery.</p><p>Though the pitch took away two months out of a prime season for Ward, he’s trying to keep a positive outlook on the situation. He also wants Manoah to know that he has <a href="https://theathletic.com/4840812/2023/09/07/angels-taylor-ward-pitch-face/" rel="noopener">no ill will</a> toward the right-hander whose struggles have been amplified throughout the 2023 season.</p><p>“I don’t know how it will affect him,” Ward said, via Sam Blum. “Everyone is going to have a different way of getting past this. I hope he can, and I wish him the best moving forward.”</p><p>Hitting an opposing batter in the face with a pitch is the last thing Manoah needed this season. A year removed from being an American League Cy Young finalist, the 25-year-old has been a completely different pitcher for the Blue Jays in 2023.</p><p>He has a 5.87 ERA in 19 big league starts and has twice been demoted to the minor leagues by the Blue Jays. Manoah has not thrown a pitch in an organized professional baseball game since Aug. 10 and earlier this week was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blue-jays-news-alek-manoah-placed-on-inactive-list-as-nightmare-season-continues" rel="noopener">placed on the temporary inactive list.</a></p><p>Manoah was having a bad year before hitting Taylor Ward, but who knows how that impacted the former Blue Jays ace. Getting forgiveness from Ward should help Alek Manoah, but seeing the former get back in the batter’s box would likely ease any sort of clouded thoughts Manoah has.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Taylor Ward’s uplifting message for Blue Jays SP Alek Manoah after scary July HBP

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/angels-news-taylor-ward-breaks-silence-on-taking-92-mph-sinker-to-the-face-in-july');   ga('set', 'title', 'Angels OF Taylor Ward breaks silence on taking 92 mph sinker to the face in July');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Angels-news-Taylor-Ward-breaks-silence-on-taking-92-mph-sinker-to-the-face-in-July.jpg"></figure><h1>Angels OF Taylor Ward breaks silence on taking 92 mph sinker to the face in July</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-07T08:39:58-07:00">September 7th, 8:39am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-07T08:39:58-07:00">September 7th, 8:39am</time><address><a>Gerard Angelo Samillano</a>Gerard is an Associate Editor for ClutchPoints, with his focus primarily on the NBA, NFL, and Gaming. When he's not writing for CP, Gerard can often be seen playing VALORANT or playing pick-up basketball. He's also working on his BS Mathematics degree.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Taking a pitch to any part of the body is never a comfortably experience. With major league pitchers slinging 80mph balls at the minimum, even an off-speed pitch can hurt a ton. During a fateful July game, though, Los Angeles Angels outfielder Taylor Ward <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/angels-news-taylor-ward-exits-vs-blue-jays-after-getting-hit-by-alek-manoah-pitch-in-head" rel="noopener">suffered the worst kind of HBP</a>: an unintentional 92mph sinker to the face from Blue Jays pitcher Alek Manoah.</p><p>Since then, Ward has been on the mend, recovering from the truly terrifying injury. In his first public comments since the injury, the Angels hitter <a href="https://theathletic.com/4840812/2023/09/07/angels-taylor-ward-pitch-face/" rel="noopener">opened up on the injury</a> and his recovery to The Athletic. Ward had this to say about the moments inside the ambulance after the incident.</p><p>“I don’t remember how it felt up until I could feel how it felt,” he said. “So much was going through my mind at the time that I wasn’t really thinking about the pain anymore.”</p><p>The good news for Ward is that he avoided the two biggest dangers of getting hit by a pitch to the head. He was not diagnosed with a concussion, and his eyesight wasn’t impacted. However, the damage to his skull necessitated surgery. The Angels hitter had three facial fractures: one underneath the eye, one on his temple, and one by his jaw.</p><p>Until now, Ward is still miles away from reaching normalcy in his life. A month after his surgery in August, the Angels star still can’t drink out of a straw. He also can’t blow his nose due to fractures. The pitch also left a permanent mark on his face: a slight curve on his nose.</p><p>Still, Taylor Ward remains optimistic about this injury. The only wish that the Angels star (who was in the midst of a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/angels-news-mike-trout-back-to-back-to-back-shohei-ohtani-taylor-ward" rel="noopener">breakout season</a>) has is that this incident does not affect his hitting abilities. The hit by pitch was obviously a traumatic experience, but Ward would sooner or later be forced to relieve the same circumstances. He’ll need to look off those pitches that go inside and up again. Just because he went through this experience doesn’t mean that pitchers won’t throw similar pitches to him.</p><p>“(I’ll) try to basically get as comfortable as I can and forget what happened,” said Ward, who hopes that adding a new C-flap to his batting helmet will help allay any lingering fears. “Put that in the back of your mind and let other thoughts take control.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Angels OF Taylor Ward breaks silence on taking 92 mph sinker to the face in July

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When he's not writing for CP, Gerard can often be seen playing VALORANT or playing pick-up basketball. He's also working on his BS Mathematics degree.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Baseball is a dangerous sport. When balls are flying at you at 80 miles per hour, and people are swinging wooden or aluminum bats at full power, the risk of a devastating injury is high. On Saturday night, the Los Angeles Angels witnessed a scary moment with their teammate. Outfielder Taylor Ward<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/angels-news-taylor-ward-exits-vs-blue-jays-after-getting-hit-by-alek-manoah-pitch-in-head" rel="noopener"> took a fastball</a> to the face from Blue Jays pitcher Alek Manoah.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Scary moment as Taylor Ward takes an Alek Manoah pitch up high. <a href="https://t.co/4BJZ77GCgA">pic.twitter.com/4BJZ77GCgA</a></p><p>— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1685388761964646400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 29, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>It was clearly unintentional: Manoah has been having problems with his pitch command this season, and his reaction showed that. However, that doesn’t make this any less scary. Ward was taken out of the game, and Angels fans everywhere was worried for his safety. Today, the Angels released the official report on Taylor Ward’s injury: he suffered a facial fracture, and will be<a href="https://twitter.com/RhettBollinger/status/1685648287984914432" rel="noopener"> placed on the 10-day injured list</a>, per Rhett Bollinger.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Taylor Ward diagnosed with facial fractures <a href="https://t.co/qbeZH9nxb6">https://t.co/qbeZH9nxb6</a></p><p>— Rhett Bollinger (@RhettBollinger) <a href="https://twitter.com/RhettBollinger/status/1685648287984914432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 30, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Multiple measures have been implemented to make sure that serious injuries from these accidents don’t happen. Still, that’s a 92 mph fastball staring you right in the eye. No matter how much protection you have, that will make an impact. Thankfully, the Angels outfielder is fine, and he’ll hopefully miss a few games before returning to the field.</p><p>The Angels have decided to<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-rumors-angels-next-trade-target-to-help-shohei-ohtani-led-roster-after-lucas-giolito-deal" rel="noopener"> go all-in</a> on the remaining part of the season, trading for star pitcher Lucas Giolito. They are trying to make the playoffs in hopes that it will convince Shohei Ohtani to resign with them when he hits free agency. So far, they sit at five games behind the final AL spot. Will they be able to muster up one more push to get them back to the playoffs for the first time since 2015.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Angels OF Taylor Ward gets injury update after getting blasted in face by a fastball

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/angels-news-taylor-ward-exits-vs-blue-jays-after-getting-hit-by-alek-manoah-pitch-in-head');   ga('set', 'title', 'VIDEO: Angels’ Taylor Ward exits vs. Blue Jays after getting hit by Alek Manoah pitch in head');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Taylor-Ward-exits-vs.jpg"></figure><h1>VIDEO: Angels’ Taylor Ward exits vs. Blue Jays after getting hit by Alek Manoah pitch in head</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-29T14:32:57-07:00">July 29th, 2:32pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-29T14:34:42-07:00">July 29th, 2:34pm</time><address><a>Angelo Guinhawa</a>Angelo Guinhawa is a basketball and soccer/football editor/writer. He uses his background in digital marketing to make sure you get to read his work. He has previously worked for FOX Sports PH and a number of reputable sports media outlets. If he's not writing or watching sports, he's likely scouring online for his next NBA card purchase.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Los Angeles Angels outfielder Taylor Ward was forced to exit <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/angels-vs-blue-jays-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch-7-29-2023" rel="noopener">Saturday’s game against</a> the Toronto Blue Jays after getting hit in the head by an errant pitch from starting pitcher Alex Manoah.</p><p>The accident came in the fifth inning when the Angels were facing a loaded base. Manoah threw a 92 MPH fastball, but it was way out of the strike zone as it ended up heading directly to Ward’s face. The 29-year-old had no time to dodge as the ball hit his helmet, as well as left eye and nose.</p><p>Ward quickly fell to the ground as blood came out in the area near his left eye. It was initially hard to see if the ball struck his face or  just the helmet, but video replays of the incident showed that it’s both. The Angels staff quickly came to the field to treat him, with a trainer applying pressure on the wounded area.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Scary moment as Taylor Ward takes an Alek Manoah pitch up high. <a href="https://t.co/4BJZ77GCgA">pic.twitter.com/4BJZ77GCgA</a></p><p>— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1685388761964646400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 29, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Taylor Ward was then carted off the field, though the good news is he was sitting up and conscious despite his left eye being visibly swollen. He will reportedly be <a href="https://twitter.com/AnaheimSports1/status/1685390939316260864" rel="noopener">taken outside the arena</a> to get treatment in a medical facility, per Anaheim Sports. The Angels are also expected to have him checked for a concussion.</p><p>As for Alek Manoah, he was clearly shaken following the incident. With that said, the Blue Jays decided to pull him out of the contest.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Wishing Taylor Ward all the best. 🙏 <a href="https://t.co/TPAf8UTLY7">pic.twitter.com/TPAf8UTLY7</a></p><p>— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1685389866077405184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 29, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p><i>*More information on Wards injury are expected to come out as the Angels get him checked. We will provide updates on his condition once they are available.</i></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

VIDEO: Angels’ Taylor Ward exits vs. Blue Jays after getting hit by Alek Manoah pitch in head

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Dan has spent time covering high school and professional sports in both the print and online medium. He hopes to see his beloved Chicago Bears win a Super Bowl someday.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>While the Los Angeles <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/angels-news-los-angeles-logan-ohoppe-honest-season-ending-injury" rel="noopener">Angels have struggled</a> to find playoff success, their offense has never been deemed the problem. Mike <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mike-trout-delivers-honest-take-on-shohei-ohtanis-angels-future" rel="noopener">Trout and company</a> were able to show off the Angels’ power potential in a win over the Kansas City Royals.</p><p>Los Angeles took down Kansas City on 4-3 on Sunday. In the sixth inning, Taylor Ward, Shohei Ohtani and Trout hit <a href="https://twitter.com/BallySportWest/status/1650264197341618176" rel="noopener">back-to-back-to-back</a> home runs. It ultimately led to Los Angeles’ victory. Trout sounded off on the power display and the kind of lineup the Angels possess, via Bally Sports West.</p><p>“It was a fun inning,” Trout said.</p><p>“Just passing the torch,” Trout continued. “Just having good at-bats and putting the ball in play.”</p><p>The win moved the Angels’ record to 11-11 on the season. Trout has been doing everything in his power to keep Los Angeles afloat. Through 20 games, Trout has hit .329 with five home runs and 13 RBI. Trout leads the team in batting average and is the only Angel hitting above .300.</p><p>When it comes to power, Los Angeles has brought it in spades this year. The Angels are tied for seventh with 28 home runs. With Trout, Shohei Ohtani and Taylor Ward in the lineup, the Angels are poised to continue hitting bombs.</p><p>Mike Trout knows that LA can’t rely on the back-to-back homer in every game. However, he’ll take a sixth inning against the Royals any day of the week. Coming off of their monster mashing performance, Trout and the Angels will look to continue their momentum as they march towards a long-awaited postseason berth.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2025 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.292	2	6	0.849	1

2025 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.292	2	6	0.849	1

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