For the past several years, the Los Angeles Angels boasted two of the most talented players in the entire history Major League Baseball with former MVPs Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani leading the team. But unfortunately, the team itself hasn’t always been successful due to some failures and struggles from the rest of the Angels lineup. And that was once again the case this weekend.
Both Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani had absolutely incredible performances from the plate for the Angels during Saturday afternoon’s game against the Brewers. But unfortunately, those strong performances were not enough to lift the team to a win as the team still fell by a score of 7-5.
“Mike Trout is 3-5, has two home runs, and has driven in 5 runs. Shohei Ohtani is 3-5 with two stolen bases. The Angels fall to the Brewers 7-5,” the Twitter account CubsMakesMeSad pointed out on Twitter.
Mike Trout is 3-5, has two home runs, and has driven in 5 runs.
Shohei Ohtani is 3-5 with two stolen bases.
The Angels fall to the Brewers 7-5
— Nico Hoerner Is Good At Baseball (@CubsMakeMeSad) April 30, 2023
However, the stat is actually even worse than that. Trout was not 3-for-5, he was 3-for-4 since one of his outs was a sacrifice fly.
It was another wild occurrence that led to plenty of callbacks to the now-famous Tungsten Arm O’Doyle tweet.
every time I see an Angels highlight it's like "Mike Trout hit three homes runs and raised his average to .528 while Shohei Ohtani did something that hasn't been done since 'Tungsten Arm' O'Doyle of the 1921 Akron Groomsmen, as the Tigers defeated the Angels 8-3"
— ℳatt (@matttomic) May 18, 2021
Tungsten Arm O'Doyle can't keep getting away with this. https://t.co/pPS34fShth
— Max (@MadMaxMKE) April 30, 2023
Another day, another Tungsten Arm O'Doyle game 🤡🤡🤡 https://t.co/grkfd0q45l
— – (@ragdeibuyan31) April 30, 2023
#FreeMikeTrout#FreeShoheiOhtani https://t.co/xFOhySuipA
— Victor Newman II (@d_weezy) April 30, 2023
Never seen a tweet encapsulate the Angels more than this lol https://t.co/fNsG9fiCBJ
— Season is over (@httrhao) April 30, 2023
Lmfao that tweet the best tweet in MLB history https://t.co/lXVncaSawV
— Chimaek (@awwhalenawl) April 30, 2023
“Tungsten Arm” O’Doyle and things of that nature. https://t.co/0roANR59W1
— Ryan Kent (@RyanCKent) April 30, 2023
TUNGSTEN ARM ODOYLE STRIKES AGAIN https://t.co/t9NmbSyDjQ
— Jackson Schneider (@JBane87) April 30, 2023
god bless this game https://t.co/02zXAkq2RO
— TOM MARTIN (@LetItFlyTom) April 30, 2023
Trout and Ohtani have been so good despite the Angels’ struggles that it’s now officially become a meme.