Mike

Trout

Trout knocked a base hit and scored a run in the first inning, then took Casey Legumina deep for a solo homer in the fifth. He later drew a walk in the seventh, then walked and scored in the ninth. The 34-year-old star outfielder is slashing .241/.412/.498 with 14 homers, 45 runs scored, 31 RBI, and five steals across 262 plate appearances.

A really nice day that could have been even better; Trout’s two-run double in the ninth would have been a homer in 18 ballparks, and the lone out he made today was a 108-mph liner right to Wenceel Pérez in right. Also, the Tigers intentionally walked him with runners on second and third in the fifth. Trout is hitting .239/.405/.487 with 13 homers. He scored once today and is tied for fourth in the majors at 41 runs.

Nathan Eovaldi left a cutter in the middle of the plate in the first inning, and Trout took advantage of it with a long homer to center field. That’s the 13th homer of the season for the future Hall of Famer, and he’s now driven in 27 runs over the first third of the season. Trout has now homered three times in May, and it’s just fun to see the 34-year-old healthy and productive on the baseball field more than anything.

Trout drew a walk in the first inning, then led off the third with a solo homer off Jacob Lopez. He drew his second walk in the fourth with the bases loaded to bring a second run home. The 34-year-old slugger has cooled off in May after hitting .248 with ten homers through April. Tuesday’s blast was his second of the month, giving him 12 on the year while slashing .235/.398/.488 with 34 runs scored, 25 RBI, and five steals across 216 plate appearances.

Trout put the Angels on the board early, taking Erick Fedde deep for a solo homer in the first inning. After drawing a walk in the third, he walked again in the fifth and scored a second run before knocking a base hit in the eighth. A healthy Mike Trout is always good for baseball. The 34-year-old star is hitting .262/.436/.563 with 11 homers, 32 runs scored, 22 RBI, and five steals across 165 plate appearances.

Trout is 4-for-4 stealing bases this year. That’s more steals than he had in five of the last six seasons. He went 6-for-7 in just 29 games in ill-fated 2024 campaign.

It’s the third time in four games that Trout has walked multiple times, and he’s already drawn 14 of them in 2026. The future Hall of Famer is only hitting .234, but he’s compensated with a .422 on-base percentage to pair with a .558 slugging percentage. It’s fun to see pitchers fearing Trout and the 34-year-old giving pitchers a reason to have said fear.

That’s a five-homer series for Trout, who is now batting .246/.416/.593. Including Sunday’s affair with the Reds, he’s scored three runs three times in his last five games. He’d done that a total of twice in 255 games since the beginning of 2023. His third run today came on a Jo Adell grand slam after he was intentionally walked.

This was an all-time series for Trout in the Bronx. With another home run here, it gave him four in the three-game series along with nine RBI. He went from a .777 OPS to a .945 OPS in that span, just to remind us all how small everyone’s sample sizes still are. Nevertheless, Trout looks the best he has in years. The raw power never left him, but his swing-and-miss rose sharply over the past few seasons. Now, his whiff rate is back in line with where it was when he was still in his 20s! It’s wheels up for Trout as long as he can stay healthy.

He wasn’t far off from a truly massive night, as he hit a ball 393 feet to center with the bases loaded in the fourth. Statcast said it would have been a homer in four ballparks, but it was an easy play for Cody Bellinger in Yankee Stadium. Trout hit the two homers, both of them no-doubters, later in the game. The three-run homer tied it at 7-7 in the sixth, and the two-run shot broke an 8-8 tie in the eighth. The Angels, though, lost in the ninth anyway. The two-homer game was Trout’s 30th. He’s never hit three. He matched and overtook Duke Snider for 58th place on the all-time home runs list with Nos. 407 and 408 tonight.