Mike Trout homers once more to established job document towards Mariners, but Angels lose

Mike Trout experienced some early Xmas provides for Angels lovers Friday.

Not only did he strike his 53rd occupation home operate towards the Seattle Mariners — which traveled 422 ft and about the center-discipline hedges at Angel Stadium — he also bought extra-foundation hits Nos. 99 and 100 towards the Angels’ American League West rivals.

But the Angels shut out Xmas in June Night time with a 4-3 loss to the Mariners.

Trout’s solo household operate in the fourth inning and RBI triple in the sixth inning even further cemented his position as the Mariners’ major nemesis and as a single of the finest hitters in baseball background.

“That’s just Trout. You know how great he is,” interim supervisor Phil Nevin stated.

He owns the career report for the most home operates, the most extra-base hits and is tied — with George Brett — for the most triples against the Mariners. Rafael Palmeiro beforehand held two of those documents with 52 homers and 98 extra-foundation hits.

“Tonight’s the finest I have felt over the past week,” Trout reported.

The hits had been enough for Mariners manager Scott Servais to doubt his reliever, Andrés Muñoz, who confronted Trout in the eighth inning. Muñoz gave Trout his 112th career intentional stroll, tying Vladimir Guerrero Sr.’s document for most intentional walks in Angels history.

Angels starter Michael Lorenzen lasted three innings, needing 85 pitches. He gave up two runs.

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Shohei Ohtani tried using to capitalize on the momentum of both of those of Trout’s large hits. Right after viewing Trout homer, Ohtani singled to suitable subject but was stranded. He grounded out in the sixth but drove in Trout from third foundation on the fielder’s alternative to make it 4-3.

The Angels attempted to get their offense heading in the seventh. Matt Duffy and Luis Rengifo singled to place runners at initially and 2nd with a single out. Nevin summoned David MacKinnon — who obtained his first important-league hit and drove in two operates on Wednesday — to pinch-hit for Tyler Wade. But MacKinnon grounded into a double participate in.

Angels get in touch with up Monte Harrison to bolster their bench

The Angels created a little bit of a change with who is offered for them off the bench.

On Friday, the crew known as up outfielder Monte Harrison, who signed a small league deal in cost-free company with the Angels on April 4. In a corresponding transfer, the Angels specified Juan Lagares for assignment.

Nevin mentioned Harrison would fill into the very same role as Lagares, who was obtaining reps across the outfield and coming in off the bench in the 20 game titles he played with the huge-league club.

With the triple-A Salt Lake Bees this 12 months, Harrison hit .213 with a .305 on-foundation-proportion.

“Always admired the way he performs the sport across the subject,” Nevin mentioned of Harrison ahead of Friday’s sequence opener with the Mariners. “This male brings a large amount of electric power, plays with a tiny flair, a small edge, which I like.

“He’s an fascinating participant, was a major-time prospect a long time ago,” Nevin continued. “He’s certainly acquired a good deal of time beneath his belt. … So we’re hunting ahead to observing what he can do.”

Those people massive-time prospect many years Nevin referred to contain Harrison’s increase to the Miami Marlins’ No. 2 prospect in 2019 and becoming requested to engage in in that season’s Futures Game. He did not finish up taking part for the reason that of a proper wrist injury.

Harrison very last performed in the majors in 2021 for the Marlins, 2 times getting known as up from their alternate coaching web site. He appeared in 9 video games that season, primarily earning appearances off the bench.

He obtained his to start with phone-up to the bigs all through the COVID-shortened 2020 period just after 18 Marlins gamers tested favourable for the virus. Harrison was also section of that scrappy Marlins team that got the workforce to its 1st postseason berth in 17 years.

“It’s been a though,” Harrison said of getting known as up Friday. “It’s unquestionably been a blessing. A whole lot of hard operate, a ton of staying down and just remaining myself. Rough scenario. But at the stop of the working day, I’m blessed to be in which I’m at.

“I consider it is gonna be just normal baseball and I just appear up below and do what I do, and assist this team earn, with any luck ,, at the conclude of the day.”

Harrison, who is from Lee’s Summit, Mo., was drafted in the second round of the 2014 draft, No. 50 over-all, by the Milwaukee Brewers.