The Los Angeles Angels accomplished a three-game sweep of the Boston Crimson Sox on Wednesday, and Mike Trout launched his 362nd profession house run.
Trout’s fourth-inning two-run house run put the Angels up 7-1, passing New York Yankees legend Joe DiMaggio for eighty fifth on the all-time house run listing.
Mike Trout, #27 of the Los Angeles Angels, at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on Might 23, 2023 in Anaheim, California. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Photographs)
Trout mentioned what it meant to tie DiMaggio on Tuesday when he hit house run No. 361.
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“It means rather a lot,” Trout mentioned Tuesday. “Anytime you move or tie an important and even simply be in the identical dialog with an important, it is actually particular, particularly one other middle fielder.”
His 362nd profession house run got here one inning after teammate Shohei Ohtani hit his twelfth of the season.
“It’s fairly cool after we go deep twice,” Trout mentioned. “Good issues occur. … (The Crimson Sox) beat us three out of 4 after we performed them on the market (in Boston), so it’s good to get a little bit sweep.”
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Mike Trout, #27 of the Los Angeles Angels, at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on Might 23, 2023 in Anaheim, California. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Photographs)
The Angels at the moment are 5 video games over .500 and sit 4 video games again of the Texas Rangers within the American League West.
For Boston, Wednesday’s loss was the fourth in a row and the second four-game dropping streak within the month of Might.
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Supervisor Alex Cora, #13 of the Boston Crimson Sox, appears on earlier than taking part in in opposition to the Seattle Mariners at Fenway Park on Might 15, 2023 in Boston. (Paul Rutherford/Getty Photographs)
“I feel at the moment was rather a lot higher (offensively) than the final two nights,” Boston supervisor Alex Cora mentioned. “We took our walks and hit some balls exhausting. Clearly, on the finish of the day it is what number of runs you rating, however I assumed the strategy was rather a lot higher.”
Subsequent up on the house run listing for Trout is Lance Berkman, who hit 366 bombs in his profession.
The Related Press contributed to this report
