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 Trout homered, stole a base and made a couple of highlight-reel
catches to lead the Angels to a 4-1 win over the New York Yankees at
Angel Stadium.
Angels starter C.J. Wilson (6-6) went six strong innings to get the
win, giving up one run and five hits, then getting stellar support
from the bullpen. Trevor Gott (seventh inning), Joe Smith (eighth)
and Huston Street (ninth, 22nd save) finished off the Yankees over
the final three frames.
It was Trout, though, who stole the show. He homered (No. 20) in the
third inning off Yankees starter C.C. Sabathia (3-8), then thwarted
potential big innings with running catches on drives hit by left
fielder Chris Young in both the third and fifth innings. He made
another running catch on third baseman Chase Headley's drive to
right-center in the sixth.
"Mike showed his talent in every phase tonight," Angels manager Mike
Scioscia said. "You saw on the defensive side saving at least three
runs, on the offensive side with the home run. He stole a base; Mike
showed his tools tonight."
In the third, the Yankees had runners on first and second with one
out, and ran down Young's drive to left-center, potentially saving
two runs. But the most spectacular catch came in the fifth inning.
The Angels held a 2-1 lead but the Yankees had center fielder Brett
Gardner on second base after a one-out double.
Young hit a drive that appeared headed to the fence in left-center,
but Trout ran it down and made a back-handed catch, reaching over
his head to snag it.
"Well, I mean, he was really the difference in the game," Yankees
manager Joe Girardi said of Trout. "You could talk about, he's
responsible for about four or five runs in this game, taking three
away from us, maybe four and providing one himself. So he was the
real difference in the game."
Wilson, the beneficiary of Trout's exploits, oozed with sarcasm when
asked about Trout.
"Real shocker, right?" Wilson said. "Trout hits a homer, saves a
couple runs with his defense. Whatever."
Sabathia went 7 1/3 innings, giving up four runs and six hits to get
the loss, as his struggles continued. He is winless in his past four
starts and has just one win in his past eight starts.
The Angels scored three of their four runs against Sabathia with two
out.
"Those two-out runs hurt you," Girardi said. "And they hurt him
tonight."
Gardner had three hits, and designated hitter Alex Rodriguez drove
in the Yankees' only run with an RBI single in the third inning.
Otherwise, Wilson and the bullpen kept the Yankees in check.
For Wilson, the game was a complete turnaround after giving up six
runs to the Yankees in a loss at Yankee Stadium three weeks ago. But
Girardi seemed to indicate the difference might have been the
ballpark as much as Wilson himself.
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"I think the defense behind (Wilson) was outstanding," Girardi said.
"Maybe in our ballpark, some of those balls are home runs. Headley
might have had two, Chris Young might have had two. That's probably
the difference."
The Angels took a 1-0 lead against Sabathia in the first inning.
Second baseman Johnny Giavotella led off with a single, and he was
still on first base after strikeouts by right fielder Kole Calhoun
and Trout. Designated hitter Albert Pujols, though, hit the first
pitch thrown to him by Sabathia into right field for a double,
scoring Giavotella.
The Yankees tied the game against Wilson in the third inning, with
shortstop Didi Gregorius scoring on a two-out single by Rodriguez.
The Angels regained the lead in the bottom of the third when Trout
ripped an 89 mph fastball over the fence in center for a two-out
solo homer and 2-1 lead. It was Trout's 20th homer of the season.
The Angels increased their lead to 3-1 in the fifth on yet another
two-out, RBI hit -- their third of the game. Calhoun doubled into
the right-field corner, scoring Giavotella from first.
First baseman C.J. Cron homered in the seventh for the Angels'
fourth run of the game.
NOTES: The Angels called up DH/1B C.J. Cron from Triple-A Salt Lake,
one day after optioning 3B Kyle Kubitza to Salt Lake. It is Cron's
third stint with the big-league club this season. Since his last
demotion June 14, Cron hit .315 (17-for-54) with four homers and 16
RBIs for the Bees. ... Yankees CF Brett Gardner was selected the
American League Player of the Week after hitting .500 (13-for-26)
with nine runs, two homers, four doubles, six RBIs, a .581 on-base
percentage and an .885 slugging percentage. ... Entering Monday's
game, Angels RHP Trevor Gott was unscored upon in his first seven
major league outings (seven innings) since being called up June 13.
... Yankees OF Jacoby Ellsbury (sprained right knee) is expected to
begin a minor league rehab assignment this week with the hope of
returning to the major league team this weekend.
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