Trout went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run in Wednesday's 5-4 loss to the Rays.
Trout tied the game in the third inning with a 433-foot blast off Shane Baz, his 20th of the year. The blast marked the 10th time in Trout's 15-year career that he's reached the 20-homer mark. The 34-year-old veteran also extended his hit streak to six games. Overall, Trout is slashing .240/.364/.471 with 50 RBI and 48 runs scored through 376 plate appearances this season.
Trout (illness) will start at designated hitter and bat third in Sunday's game against the White Sox.
The Angels will get two key players back in the lineup for the series finale, as Trout returns from a two-game absence due to an illness, while Christian Moore (thumb) will start at second base in his return from the 10-day injured list. Though Trout has served exclusively as a DH since rejoining the Angels in late May following a month-long stay on the IL due to a bone bruise in his left knee, he's still hopeful to resume playing right field before the end of the season. Since experiencing some renewed soreness in his knee shortly after the All-Star break, Trout hasn't resumed taking part in defensive drills, so it's unclear how realistic a return to the outfield might be with just two months left in the campaign.
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Angels' Mike Trout: Out with illness Saturday
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Trout (illness) isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the White Sox, Erica Weston of Bally Sports West reports.
Trout will miss a second consecutive game Saturday due to his illness and will aim to return to the starting nine for Sunday's series finale. While he recovers, Gustavo Campero will serve as the Angels' designated hitter, putting Jo Adell in right field and the newly promoted Bryce Teodosio in center.
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Angels' Mike Trout: Sitting Friday with illness
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Trout is not in the Angels' starting lineup against the White Sox on Friday due to an illness, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.
Trout has started in all 13 games since the All-Star break, going 11-for-49 (.224) with three doubles, two home runs and six RBI with a 41.7 percent strikeout rate over that span. However, an illness will send him to the bench for the start of Friday's series opener while Travis d'Arnaud serves as the designated hitter and bats eighth.
Angels' Mike Trout: Crosses 1,000-RBI mark in career
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Trout went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 4-1 win over the Mariners.
Trout capped off the Angels' four-run fifth inning with a massive 443-foot blast off Logan Gilbert, with the long ball including the 1,000th RBI of Trout's career. Though the 33-year-old has been able to serve as the Angels' everyday designated hitter since coming off the injured list May 30, he doesn't appear close to being ready to play in the outfield. According to Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com, Trout said prior to Sunday's game that he hasn't taken part in outfield drills since the Angels' series with the Mets earlier in the week, after he experienced some soreness in his knee. He still plans to ramp up his outfield work once the knee soreness subsides, but the Angels may not be comfortable having him serve as anything other than a DH until late in the season.
Trout went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in a loss to the Mets on Wednesday.
Trout extended his on-base streak to nine games with a solo shot in the third inning. The veteran slugger has posted a .991 OPS with two long balls and nine RBI during that nine-game span, though he's also struck out at a 31.8 percent clip. Trout is at a .237/.359/.467 slash line on the campaign with 18 home runs, 45 RBI, 40 runs and two stolen bases through 76 contests.
Trout said Friday he's hoping to return to the outfield "soon" but remains without a timetable, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.
Trout resumed outfield drills Friday for the first time since returning from the injured list May 30, but it's unclear when he'll actually see game action in the outfield. Then-manager Ron Washington said June 6 that Trout could play in right field soon, so Friday's news shouldn't be interpreted as a guarantee. Considering Trout's injury history, the Angels aren't expected to rush him into playing defense and could shut him down if his body doesn't respond well.
Angels' Mike Trout: Resuming OF drills after break
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Trout plans to resume outfield drills after the All-Star break, but there is no timetable for when he will return to right field, Thomas Murray of The Sporting Tribune reports.
Trout has been a full-time designated hitter since he returned from a bone bruise on his right knee in late May, which is the same knee he had meniscus surgery on last season. The three-time MVP admits that he still feels "a little achy here and there," but he will ease back into outfield workouts, with the goal of eventually playing right field again sometime in the second half. With Trout limited to DH duty, Jorge Soler has served as the Angels' primary right fielder.
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Angels' Mike Trout: Closing in on milestones
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Trout went 2-for-4 with a walk, a home run and four RBI in Saturday's 10-5 win over the Diamondbacks.
His big blow was a two-run homer off Zac Gallen in the fifth inning, which gave the Halos a 6-2 lead. Trout is finding a groove heading into the All-Star break, going yard four times in the last seven games, and the 33-year-old is closing in on some big career milestones -- he needs five more home runs to reach 400, and six more RBI to hit 1,000.
Angels' Mike Trout: Launches two homers in victory
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Trout went 2-for-5 with two home runs and three RBI in an 11-8 win over Texas on Wednesday.
Trout belted both of his long balls against Rangers starter Kumar Rocker, swatting a two-run shot in the third inning and a solo blast in the fifth. It was the third time this season Trout has notched multiple home runs in one game, and he's up to 16 homers on the campaign. Wednesday also marked Trout's first multi-hit game since June 19 -- he had been mired in an 11-for-53 (.208 batting average) stretch over his previous 17 contests.
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Angels' Mike Trout: Hits 14th homer Sunday
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Trout went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and a walk in Sunday's loss to Toronto.
Trout got the Angels on the board with a first-inning solo shot and also reached via a free pass for the fourth straight contest. While the veteran slugger has reached base safely in each of the past 11 games in which he's started, he doesn't have any multi-hit performances during that span, though he's posted a 15:14 BB:K . Trout has played 63 games this season (already more than he played in 2024 or 2021) and is slashing .231/.254/.443 with 14 home runs, 32 RBI, 32 runs and two stolen bases.
