Mike Trout hits 5th HR of series as Angels roll past Yankees
Apr 16, 2026; Bronx, New York, USA; Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Mike Trout (27) watches his solo home run against the New York Yankees during the seventh inning at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images Mike Trout homered for the fourth straight game to cap a monster series at Yankee Stadium and help the Los Angeles Angels pull away for a 11-4 victory over the New York Yankees on Thursday afternoon.
Trout hit five homers in the four-game series and gave Los Angeles a 7-4 lead when he crushed a 2-2 changeup from Angel Chivilli into the left field bleachers.
Trout became the fourth player to hit five homers in a series against the Yankees. The others were Jimmie Foxx (1933), Darrell Evans (1985) and George Bell (1990).
Jo Adell added his fourth career grand slam in the eighth and former Yankee Oswald Peraza homered in the first, giving the Angels an American League-leading 32 home runs.
Trout also scored three times while drawing three walks, including an intentional free pass ahead of Adell's homer off Ryan Yarbrough. He went 6-for-16 in the series.
Trout's 446-foot drive occurred after he drew his second walk of the game against Max Fried (2-1). Trout reached second on an infield hit by Adell and scored on a double to right by Peraza to tie the game 3-3 in the sixth.
Vaughn Grissom followed with a tiebreaking RBI single off Fernando Cruz on a ball that deflected off third baseman Amed Rosario's glove into left field. Following a walk by Travis d'Arnaud, Josh Lowe blooped a two-run single for a 6-3 lead.
After Peraza homered to give the Angels a 2-0 lead, Aaron Judge homered in the first inning off Los Angeles opener Brent Suter and Giancarlo Stanton hit a two-run homer to center in the third to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead.
Ben Rice also homered, but the Yankees lost for the seventh time in nine games.
Fried allowed five runs on three hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out three and walked three.
Suter allowed one run on three hits in two-plus innings. The Angels used five pitchers and Sam Aldegheri (1-0) earned the win.
--Field Level Media
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