“Look for the fastball”: Magnificent Mike Trout bashes 5 homers in 5 games

“Look for the fastball”: Magnificent Mike Trout bashes 5 homers in 5 games

Mike Trout

T-Mobile Park witnessed Mike Trout’s continued dominance over the Seattle Mariners, five daggers in 5 games. He swung a go-ahead two-run shot to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 4-0 win on Sunday. According to Stats by STATS, Mike Trout is the first player to hit four game-winning home runs in a single series, in American League and National League history.

Mike Trout has hit 33 homers at T-Mobile Park, which is by far the most by an opposing player and 16th all-time at the stadium. The homer put Trout into a tie with Rafael Palmeiro for the most career homers against the Mariners with 52. It’s trussed for the most home runs by an active player at the ballpark of a team he didn’t play for, joining Albert Pujols, who has hit 33 blasts at Houston’s Minute Maid Park.

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Trout, a three-time American League MVP and nine-time All-Star, dinged twice on Thursday and homered in both games of a doubleheader on Saturday. For his team-leading 21st blast of the year, Trout thumped a 96-mph heater over the right-centre-field fence.

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Home run history created by Mike Trout as Angels defeat Mariners

Mike Trout
Mike Trout

It gave interim manager Phil Nevin his first series victory as a manager. Nevin gave credence to Trout for setting the tone with his four go-ahead blasts.

“Having him [Mike Trout] in that room, you talk about carrying a team or whatever, but it’s just uplifting for them to see their guy [come through] and know we can lean on him,” Nevin said. “It’s not always going to be him. But this weekend, it certainly was.”

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“I was getting pitches to hit before that but just missing them,” Mike Trout said. “But then I got a barrel on one. They’ve been throwing me a lot of fastballs all series. That’s my approach. Look for the fastball and adjust to the offspeed.”

“Whatever you want to throw, when he’s locked in like that, over four or five at-bats, he’s going to get into one,” Manager Nevin said. “But what he did this weekend was impressive. Not to mention playing every inning of every game and making some great plays in centre field. And obviously, the big home runs each day.”

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