BOSTON — Another day, one other milestone for Angels celebrity Mike Trout.
With his first-inning double in opposition to the Red Sox in Saturday’s 9-7 loss at Fenway Park, Trout turned the fourth participant all time with not less than 300 profession doubles, 300 profession homers and 200 stolen bases by his age-31 season. And he joined some spectacular firm, as Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez and Hall of Famer Willie Mays are the one different gamers to succeed in these marks earlier than turning 32.
Trout, a three-time AL MVP and 10-time All-Star, went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a stroll and is hitting .300/.462/.580 with three homers, 5 doubles and 9 RBIs in 14 video games this season. In his 13-year profession with the Angels, Trout has 353 homers, 301 doubles and 204 stolen bases in 1,421 video games.
But Trout’s large day on the plate wasn’t sufficient for the Angels, as they held a late one-run lead — keyed by a go-ahead RBI single from Shohei Ohtani within the sixth — however couldn’t maintain onto it. Reliever Ryan Tepera gave up three runs (one earned) within the eighth earlier than departing with two outs with a shoulder harm.
Tepera wasn’t helped by catcher interference being referred to as twice on Matt Thaiss within the inning. It allowed two Red Sox batters to succeed in and extended the inning for Tepera, who threw 33 pitches. He gave up a go-ahead two-run single earlier than strolling his last batter and exiting on account of harm.
“It’s awful,” Thaiss stated. “It’s the reason we lost. It stings. I’m sick to my stomach over it.”
It was one other irritating loss for the Angels, who made three errors and allowed 4 unearned runs within the collection opener on Friday. Manager Phil Nevin stated they merely want to chop down on their miscues.
“We had a chance to win a game,” Nevin stated. “I thought the bullpen was really good. We just made some mistakes, and it got away from us there.”
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