JANSON JUNK

(Photo by John McCoy/Getty Images)The bats of the moribund Los Angeles Angels woke up in a big way on Thursday, jumping the Oakland Athletics' pitching for a whopping seven home runs. It was tied for the most home runs any team in MLB has hit in a game this season. Yes, despite hitting seven home runs, the Angels found a way to lose, because every single homer they hit was a solo homer. Teams that have hit seven homers in a game are now 113-6, so the Angels at least have some company. The two other runs came against reliever Touki Toussaint, who walked five in 4.1 innings of work.

The Los Angeles Angels tied a major league record with seven solo home runs, including two by Shohei Ohtani, but still lost to the Oakland Athletics 8-7.

Sean Murphy homered and drove in three runs off Shohei Ohtani, leading the Oakland Athletics to a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.

Jose Altuve hit a two-run double in the 12th inning and the Houston Astros, after throwing out Shohei Ohtani at the plate to preserve a tie, broke away to defeat the Los Angeles Angels 9-5.