Mike Trout crushes another Yankee Stadium homer, his fifth in four games

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Mike Trout鈥檚 latest homer against the New York Yankees put him some rare company, and going deep again made history at Yankee Stadium.

Trout homered for the fifth time during a four-game series on Thursday, crushing a 446-foot drive in the seventh inning for the

The three-time MVP joined Jimmie Foxx (1933), Darrell Evans (1985) and George Bell (1990) as the fourth player with five homers in a series against the Yankees, according to MLB research.

before going deep again in the following two games. In the series finale Thursday, Trout drove a 2-2 slider from reliever Angel Chivilli about halfway up the left field bleachers to give the Angels a 7-4 lead. That drive made Trout the first player to hit five homers in a series in the Bronx.

鈥淚 heard that after the game,鈥� Trout said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 pretty surreal. All the great players that came through here, so it鈥檚 pretty cool.鈥�

鈥淗onestly, not surprising,鈥� Los Angeles manager Kurt Suzuki said. 鈥淲hen you鈥檙e with Mike every day, there鈥檚 nothing that you believe that he can鈥檛 do.”

He also became the first visiting player to homer in four consecutive days at the current Yankee Stadium, which opened in 2009.

Trout went 6 for 16 with five homers and nine RBIs in the series. He also has homered in his last five games at Yankee Stadium and drew an intentional walk in his next plate appearance before Jo Adell hit a grand slam.

鈥淎t this point it鈥檚 vintage Mike Trout,鈥� Adell said. 鈥淲hen he鈥檚 healthy and feeling good, there鈥檚 nothing like it. It鈥檚 special. It鈥檚 one of a kind. So for all of us to experience it, it鈥檚 special.鈥�

鈥淗e鈥檚 unbelievable,鈥� Suzuki said. 鈥淗e really is. It鈥檚 been an amazing week for him.鈥�

Trout is hitting .246 with seven homers and 16 RBIs. He is 9 for 27 (.333) with five homers and 13 RBIs on the Angels鈥� road trip, which coincides with him making a mechanical tweak.

Trout鈥檚 career-high homer streak is seven games, achieved Sept. 4-12, 2022. He has homered in four straight games for the fourth time in his career.

Trout鈥檚 homer was part of a four-game series that featured four homers from Yankees鈥� slugger Aaron Judge. Judge homered twice Monday, again on Wednesday and went deep in the first inning in the series finale.

鈥淗e鈥檚 unreal,鈥� designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton said after the Yankees lost for the seventh time in nine games. 鈥淐ool showing from him and Judgie all series. Obviously, you don鈥檛 want that against us, but you got to acknowledge the greatness.鈥�

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the first time opposing players who owned multiple MVPs hit at least three homers in the same series.

鈥淚t was an impressive show by those two,鈥� Suzuki said. 鈥�

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