CLEVELAND — Angels star Mike TroutThe streak of seven consecutive games with a home run by’s finished at seven. This is one shy of both the AL Central-leading record and the major league record. Cleveland Guardians beat Los Angeles 3-1 on Tuesday night.
Trout was 0 for 3. He threw three routine flyballs, and took a walk. Three-time AL MVP candidate Trout was looking to surpass the mark of eight consecutive games with a homerun, which was first set by Pittsburgh’s Dale Long back in 1956. Don Mattingly of The Yankees in 1987, and Seattle’s Ken Griffey Jr. (1993) were also matched.
Trout saw 17 pitches in the game, and only four of them (24%) were in the strike zone, according to ESPN Stats & Information research. It’s the second lowest percentage of strikes he has seen in any game this season.
Oscar Gonzalez’s six-run homer in sixth broke a tie that had been tied at 1. José Ramirez started the inning with a double and Gonzalez lined an 0-2 pitch from José Suarez (6-7) off the railing atop the wall in left field.
Gonzalez is one of many rookies who has made a significant contribution to Cleveland’s surprise season. He has eight home runs. Rookie Kirk McCarty Los Angeles was held to just one run by Cleveland (3-2). Cleveland has now won seven of eight.
Emmanuel Clase The ninth-inning pitcher gave up a two out single, but struck out. Matt Duffy And converted his 35th save in 38 attempts
Trout faced rookie Cody Morris In his first two at-bats. He flew out to the center in the first, and drew four pitch walks in the third.
Trout batted in the fifth against McCarty, a rookie. He flied out to the center on a 3-1 pitch, after the first three pitches had been balls. Trout flew out to the right against James Karinchak The eighth pitch was a 2-1.
Trout was the AL’s only player to record a seven-game streak of home runs since Kendrys morales of Toronto in 2018. Cincinnati’s Joey Votto Homered in seven consecutive seasons from July 24-30.
Matt Thaiss Morris hit a leadoff homer in second. Luke Maile’s sacrifice catch tied the game in fifth.
Matt Duffy, Angels third baseman, attempted to field Myles Straw’s grounder on the fifth. After two unsuccessful attempts, the ball was stuck in his glove and the play ended with a hit.
Steven Kwan The slow roller came to an abrupt halt halfway up the third base line, allowing for another infield hit. John Tumpane the plate umpire bent down to see the situation better. Thaiss was looking on, her only hope being that the ball would not roll foul.
Suarez struck out Amed Rosario End the inning.
Morris, in his third major-league start, allowed one run and walked five. Four of those runs were completed in 2 2/3 innings.
Angels infielder David Fletcher Due to a broken right hand, Fletcher didn’t make it for the third day. Fletcher batted Andrew Velazquez He also bunted for a hit, in the fifth. He also bunted in the seventh for an out.
This report was based on information from The Associated Press.