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On this day in #Angels history: Shohei Ohtani hit his first MLB home run in his first AB at Angel Stadium (2018)
April 4, 1997: Tim Salmon hits a walk-off grand slam in the 11th inning
April 5, 2005: Vlad homers in his first at-bat of the season
April 6, 2018: Ohtani homers for the third straight game and the Angels overcome a 6-run deficit to beat Oakland
April 7, 2004: Vlad hits his first #Angels home run
11 years ago today: Nick Adenhart made his final start
April 9, 2017: The Angels pull off an epic comeback against the Mariners
April 10, 2009: The Angels honor Nick Adenhart with a win over the Red Sox
April 11, 1961: The Angels play their very first game, beating the Orioles in Baltimore. Eli Grba got the win and Ted Kluszewski hit two home runs. https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/april-11-1961-eli-grba-wins-first-game-angels-franchise-history
April 11, 1990: Mike Witt and Mark Langston throw a combined no-hitter
April 12, 2011: Dan Haren tosses a one-hit shutout
April 13, 2004: Vlad homers in first Angels home opener
April 14, 2018: Angels win their 7th game in a row and start the season with a franchise-best 13-3 record
April 15, 1972: Andy Messersmith tosses a shutout on Opening Day in Anaheim
April 16, 2014: Chris Iannetta hits a walk-off home run. This was 1 of 10 walk-offs the Angels would have in the ‘14 season.
April 17, 2015: Mike Trout becomes the youngest player to reach the 100 HR/100 SB club (23 years, 253 days).
April 18, 1972: Nolan Ryan makes his first start for the Angels, shutting out the Twins at Angel Stadium.
April 19, 1966: The Angels play their first regular season game at Angel Stadium, losing to the White Sox.
April 20, 2013: The Angels score 9 runs in the first inning, capped off by Mike Trout’s first career grand slam
April 21, 2013: Mark Trumbo hits a walk-off HR in the 13th inning
April 22, 2014: Albert Pujols hits career home runs #499 and #500
April 23, 2013: Howie Kendrick hits a walk-off HR in the 11th inning
April 24, 2002: After a franchise-worst 6-14 start, the Angels win 10-6 in Seattle. This was the start of an 8-game winning streak that would get them back to .500.
April 25, 1993: Tim Salmon’s go-ahead home run against Roger Clemens on Sunday Night Baseball secures the win. The Angels moved to a then-franchise-best 12-4 record to start the season.
April 26, 2006: Howie Kendrick makes his MLB debut. Kendrick went on to accumulate 23.1 fWAR with the Angels, the 8th-highest total by a position player.
April 27, 1961: The Angels play their first ever home game at Wrigley Field in LA. After hosting the PCL Angels for 33 years, Wrigley Field would be the Angels home for the ‘61 season.
April 28, 2002: For the second consecutive game, David Eckstein hits a grand slam, the latter one being being a walk-off GS.
April 29, 1999: The Angels beat the Blue Jays 17-1 at the Big A. Every hitter reached base at least twice except for Andy Sheets, who hit a grand slam in the first inning.
April 30, 2019: Griffin Canning makes his MLB debut, striking out 6 and allowing 3 runs in 4.1 innings of work.
May 1, 2018: Justin Upton walks it off for the Angels
May 2, 2012: Jered Weaver tosses a no-hitter
May 3, 2002: Darin Erstad’s go-ahead 3-run-home run in the 7th inning helps secure the 8th straight win for the Angels. After a franchise-worst 6-14 start, the Angels were now back at .500.
May 4, 2018: Albert Pujols collects his 3,000th hit
May 5, 1962: Bo Belinsky tosses the first no-hitter in Angels franchise history
May 6, 2018: Shohei Ohtani wins his third MLB game, striking out 6 and allowing 2 runs in 6 innings.
May 7, 2009: Jered Weaver tosses his first career complete game, allowing 1 run and striking out 8 against Toronto.
May 8, 2011: Mike Scioscia wins his 1,000th game as manager
May 9, 2009: Joe Saunders outduels Zack Greinke (0.40 ERA entering game) and shuts out the Royals in an epic pitching duel at The Big A.
May 10, 2015: Garrett Richards takes a no-hitter into the 7th inning and strikes out 10 Astros hitters
May 11, 1970: Sandy Alomar’s walk-off single in the 16th inning gives the Angels the win. Angels pitchers only allowed 6 hits and 1 run in the game.
May 12, 1999: Chuck Finley strikes out four Yankees in one inning
May 13, 2019: Shohei Ohtani hits his first home run in 2019. This ball traveled 429 feet and left the bat at 111.6 mph.
