MLB report: Angels lose Shohei Ohtani, Mike Trout

Two-way All-Star Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels left Tuesday night’s game with a blister on his right middle finger after allowing consecutive home runs to Xander Bogaerts and Jake Cronenworth in the sixth inning of an 8-5 loss to Joe Musgrove and the host San Diego Padres.

Ohtani’s exit came a few hours after the Angels found out they’ll be without All-Star slugger Mike Trout because of a broken left wrist.

Ohtani (7-4) allowed a line-drive, two-run homer by Bogaerts to leftfield and then Cronenworth’s shot to right-center. A trainer came out with an interpreter to check on Ohtani and they were soon joined by manager Phil Nevin. Ohtani then exited. He allowed five runs and seven hits, struck out five and walked four.

The righthander’s start had been pushed back a day because of a cracked fingernail.

Trout said he expects to return this season despite a broken left wrist suffered when he fouled off a pitch Monday night.

“Of course,” Trout said Tuesday, a few hours after the Angels announced he was placed on the 10-day injured list with a broken hamate.

“I’ve had other guys reach out who’ve had this surgery before, or had this injury before. I don’t know if it’s going to need surgery or not. We’ll know in the next couple of days, I guess. Some guys came back in four weeks, some guys take a little longer just to see how their body heals.”

The slugger fouled off an 0-and-1 pitch from Nick Martinez leading off the eighth inning and immediately shook his left arm. “I kind of knew it wasn’t good. It’s another freak thing,” Trout said. “It’s nothing crazy serious, so obviously I’m going to miss a little bit of time, but it’s not season-ending.”

Trout, a three-time AL MVP, was selected to his 11th All-Star team Sunday and 10th straight as a starter. He was hitting .263 with 18 home runs and 44 RBIs.

Trout said he had been feeling well before the injury and that it’s going to be tough to miss the All-Star Game. “I was really looking forward to it,” he said. “It’s frustrating.”

Fry drove an 0-and-1 pitch over the head of leftfielder Eddie Rosario to score Jose Ramirez from third base. Fry’s hit came after closer Raisel Iglesias (3-3) intentionally walked Andres Gimenez.

Kennedy struck out three and allowed four runs and five hits in five-plus innings, only getting into trouble late in his 86-pitch outing.

Nola (8-6) allowed one run and five hits in 7 1⁄3 innings. The last batter he faced, Wander Franco, homered.

Eflin (9-4) was making his first start against his old team after signing a $40 million, three-year deal. He gave up two runs, four hits and struck out nine in seven innings.

In the 11th, automatic runner Cody Bellinger moved to third with one out on Clayton Andrews’ wild pitch. After a strikeout, Nico Hoerner beat out an infield single for the Cubs.