Garret Anderson finished 4-for-4 with a solo home run and four runs batted in as the Angels pounded the Montreal Expos, 15-4 before a crowd of 10,034 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium on Tuesday.
The Angels, who belted a franchise-record tying six homers, have won three straight games and four of their last five.
"Early on, the ball was jumping real good," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "Balls that got up in the air kept going."
Ramon Ortiz delivers a pitch in a 15-4 Angels rout.(AP Photo/Lynn Sladky)
"A lot of balls that are outs in other parks were home runs tonight," Expos manager Frank Robinson added. "But There are no excuses."
Jeff DaVanon drilled two homers while Bengie Molina went 4-for-5, including a three-run blast.
"It was a dream, a great feeling," Molina said. "All my family was here.
"I don't have any words for it. I'll sleep a lot better tonight."
The Expos have lost four in a row and seven of eight.
"The loss hurts because it's the first time this season that something like this happened," Expos second baseman Jose Vidro said of the rout.
"I hope the team returns to the level that we are used to."
Brad Wilkerson was 3-for-4 with a two-run homer for the Expos.
Ramon Ortiz (5-5) picked up the win after allowing four runs on six hits in six innings of work.
Ortiz was winless (0-3) in his previous five starts.
"Troy Glaus, Garret Anderson -- fly ball, it's adios pelota," he said.
Tomo Ohka (4-6) was pounded for eight runs in just two innings for Montreal.
He yielded 11 hits -- three of them homers -- in the setback.
The Angels jumped all over Ohka, scoring five runs in the first inning.
David Eckstein led off with a single and came around on DaVanon's homer to left-centre field.
Tim Salmon followed with a solo homer to deep right to make it 3-0.
Anderson then singled to centre and Glaus slammed a two-run shot to left-centre.
Montreal scored in the bottom of the inning when Endy Chavez scored on Jose Vidro's base hit up the middle.
Anaheim scored again in the second to take a 6-1 lead.
DaVanon doubled and scored on Anderson's single to right.
The Angels then pushed three more runs across in the third to take a 9-1 lead.
Molina and Adam Kennedy started the frame with back-to-back singles to chase Ohka from the game and bring T.J. Tucker out of the bullpen.
Molina was erased at third on a fielder's choice by Ortiz, but Kennedy scored on Eckstein's single.
Salmon's infield single would load the bases with two outs and Anderson's base hit drove in a pair of runs.
Jeff Liefer's sacrifice fly in the fourth scored Wilkerson to make it 9-2.
Glaus slapped an RBI single in the fifth for a 10-2 edge.
Wilkerson belted a two-run homer in the sixth to slice the deficit to 10-4.
However, the Angels scored four more times in the eighth to put the game out of reach.
Anderson hit a solo homer in the eighth and Molina added a three-run shot.
DaVanon capped the scoring with a solo homer in the ninth.
Game Notes
Montreal right fielder Vladimir Guerrero returned to action after missing the last six games with a strained muscle in his lower back.
Anaheim ripped a season-high 22 hits.
The Angels are 54-51 all-time in interleague play; the Expos are 53-50.
Montreal is 6-5 in Puerto Rico this season.
with files from Sports Network
