Upton, Ohtani hit milestones in Angels' 10-2 rout of Padres

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jared Walsh homered and drove in three runs, Justin Upton got his 1,000th RBI and the Los Angeles Angels snapped their three-game skid with a 10-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Saturday night.

Shohei Ohtani stole second to became the first player in team history with 40 homers and 20 steals in a season for the Angels, who won for only the second time in eight games.

Ohtani went 0 for 4 for the second straight night, but the two-way superstar walked and promptly stole second in the fifth to join the 40/20 club. No AL player had reached those marks since Curtis Granderson did it for the Yankees in 2011.

“Shohei breaks another record every day,” Walsh said. “According to our scoreboard, no one has done anything that he’s done since 1885 or whatever. So every night with Sho, it’s something different.”

The Angels were briefly worried Ohtani had injured his right hand after a pitch from Ryan Weathers (4-7) hit him on the hand in the first inning. Manager Joe Maddon said X-rays were negative, and Ohtani stayed in the game.

“Every day for the rest of the season, he’s probably going to do something that really stands out,” Maddon said.

Jack Mayfield also had a two-run homer for the Halos, who have scored at least 10 runs in each of their last three victories — and just nine combined runs in their last six losses.

Eric Hosmer and Austin Nola had RBI singles in the fourth for the Padres, who blew their chance to pull within one game of Cincinnati for the NL's second wild-card spot after the Reds lost at Miami. San Diego (69-62) has lost five of six and 13 of 16.

“(It was) the first night we went to the bullpen and we couldn’t get any zeros on the board,” Padres manager Jayce Tingler said. "With what (Joe) Musgrove did yesterday, we were thinking we...

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