“He’s Red Hot”: Marvelous Mike Trout slugs in 7 straight games, 1 HR shy of MLB record

“He’s Red Hot”: Marvelous Mike Trout slugs in 7 straight games, 1 HR shy of MLB record

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Mike Trout has smashed his 35th homerun of the 2022 MLB season and it comes with a special price, his home run against the Cleveland Guardians posted a 5-4 victory for the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night.

The 35th HR was Mike Trout’s 7th consecutive home run which leaves him 1 HR short of the All-Time MLB record for 8 consecutive games with homeruns. Don Mattingly smashed eight home runs in consecutive games in 1987; Ken Griffey duplicated that feat in 1993.

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“I feel like I’ve just been getting good pitches to hit, and I’m putting good swings on them and they’re going out,” Mike Trout said. “It felt good. I’m going up there ready to hit, and whatever happens, happens.”

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“It just happens,” Mike Trout added when questioned about his thoughts on the homer streak. “I just let it go. Try to have a good at-bat and get a good pitch to hit. I think about it after it happens, like you realize [the streak] is still going. But other than that, I don’t think about it.”

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Mike Trout showing that his swings are one to be afraid from

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“He just missed one earlier, too,” Los Angeles Angels manager Phil Nevin said. “You can see that his swings are good. You just knew that if they missed down in the zone, that he might get one. Big homer in a big spot. It tied the game and really gave us a lot of life.”

The Mike Trout hit was not the only attraction, both the managers were ejected from the game in the seventh inning as they both were busy arguing from their dugouts. Guardians’ manager Terry Francona was sent far away from the game by the umpire crew chief when he remonstrated.

The vigorous responses started when Andrés Giménez was hit by a pitch. Following a delay, Nevin joined his opposite number after he complained that pitcher Ryan Tepera wasn’t allowed any warm-up throws.

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