- Shohei Ohtani added another highlight to his amazing June with the longest home run of his major league career, becoming the ninth player to reach 30 homers in a season by July 1.
Gurriel's second-inning drive into the Angels' bullpen in left field was the decisive blow in the Diamondbacks' 6-2 victory Friday night.493 feet to right field in the sixth inning to get the Angels within 5-1. It was the longest home run in the majors this year.
The two-way superstar from Japan became the first player since Baltimore's Chris Davis in 2013 to hit 30 homers by the end of June. Davis had 31. "I hear of all these 500- shots that guys had in the past. I know the calculations before and now are a little different but I don't think there's going to be a ball hit further than that one," Angels manager Phil Nevin said. "Awesome. I mean, he had a great night with two walks and the home run. That kind of gives you some energy and we got some runners on after that. We just couldn't get a big hit.
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