Mike Trout homered in all four games of the Los Angeles Angels' series against the New York Yankees, capping it with his fifth long ball in Thursday's 11-4 win at Yankee Stadium for a split. The 34-year-old Angels center fielder joined George Bell, Darrell Evans and Jimmie Foxx as the only players to hit five homers in a regular-season series against the Yankees. Trout's performance boosted his early-season stats and hinted at a resurgence after recent injuries.
The Angels defeated the Yankees 11-4 on Thursday afternoon, splitting the four-game set. Trout crushed a 446-foot solo homer in the seventh inning off Angel Chivilli, his seventh of the season. He finished the series 6-for-16 with five homers and three walks, improving his batting line to .246/.416/.594 from .208/.400/.377 entering the week. Trout now has 13 career homers in 34 games at Yankee Stadium and homered in five straight games there dating to last season, a feat shared only with Aaron Judge since 2009 at the current stadium. First visiting player to homer on four straight days there, Trout said, 'There's been a lot of great players that played here. It's awesome.' He credited health and a mechanical tweak -- a step back before swinging -- for his hard contact, with a 93.5 mph average exit velocity and 28.6% barrel rate early this season, well above league averages. Injuries limited him to 396 of 810 games from 2021-25, but he returned to center field this year. Angels manager Kurt Suzuki called it 'an amazing week' and praised Trout's clubhouse presence. Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton acknowledged, 'It's unreal. Cool showing from him and Judgie all series... you've got to acknowledge the greatness.' Aaron Judge and Stanton homered together for the 61st time, but the Yankees lost despite Judge's eighth homer tying the MLB lead. Oswald Peraza, formerly a Yankees prospect, went 5-for-10 with two homers and four RBIs against his old team. Yankees manager Aaron Boone was ejected after a balk call on Ryan Yarbrough, who intentionally walked Trout before Jo Adell's grand slam. The Angels improved to 10-10, with Boone noting bullpen issues: 'Story of the series – we just didn’t keep the ball in the ballpark.'
