Los Angeles Angels superstar Mike Trout reached a significant career milestone Tuesday evening, blasting his 415th home run during a 4-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California.
The milestone blast moved Trout past Darrell Evans into 55th place on Major League Baseball’s all-time home run list. Beyond the historic homer, Trout recorded a single, drew two walks, and crossed home plate twice in the Angels’ triumph.
Zach Neto contributed a 2-for-4 performance that included a home run, while Jorge Soler also went deep for Los Angeles. The victory ended a two-game losing streak for the Angels, who had managed just one win in their previous 10 contests. Relief pitcher Jose Fermin (1-1) earned the victory after striking out two batters in a scoreless inning, and Ryan Zeferjahn secured his first save by escaping a bases-loaded situation in the ninth inning.
For Chicago, Chase Meidroth delivered a home run along with two hits and two runs scored, while Andrew Benintendi also collected two hits. The loss marked the White Sox’s first defeat to the Angels this season after winning four previous matchups. Starting pitcher Erick Fedde (0-4) took the loss, surrendering four runs on six hits across 4 2/3 innings with two walks and two strikeouts.
Chicago jumped ahead with two runs in the opening frame, but Los Angeles responded immediately in the bottom half with home runs from both Trout and Soler to level the score. Trout’s blast was his 11th of the current season.
Astros 2, Dodgers 1
Houston’s Peter Lambert delivered seven shutout innings to outpitch Shohei Ohtani and guide the Astros to an interleague victory over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers.
Lambert (2-2) equaled his career-high innings total while throwing a season-high 104 pitches. The performance provided crucial length for a Houston pitching staff that desperately needed it.
Ohtani (2-2) pitched effectively except for two costly fastballs that left the ballpark. After breezing through the first inning on just 10 pitches, Ohtani’s opening pitch of the second inning resulted in a 1-0 deficit when Christian Walker connected on a fastball that traveled 395 feet for his ninth home run of the year.
Cubs 3, Reds 2
Michael Busch delivered the game-winning hit in the 10th inning after tying the contest with an eighth-inning solo homer, leading Chicago to victory over visiting Cincinnati and extending their winning streak to seven games.
Busch brought home automatic runner Dansby Swanson from second base with a center field single off Sam Moll (1-2), giving the Cubs their second consecutive walk-off victory. Ryan Rolison (3-0) worked a clean 10th inning for Chicago, which has now won 13 straight games at Wrigley Field – their longest home winning streak since capturing 14 in a row during 2008.
Cincinnati received solo home runs from JJ Bleday and Nathaniel Lowe but suffered their fifth consecutive defeat. The Reds also lost Monday’s series opener 5-4 on Michael Conforto’s ninth-inning solo blast.
Additional Games
In other action, Atlanta’s Matt Olson hit a ninth-inning go-ahead home run to defeat Seattle 3-2, Tampa Bay rallied past Toronto 4-3 behind Ben Williamson’s eighth-inning RBI single, and Philadelphia dominated Oakland 9-1 as Bryce Harper homered twice and Cristopher Sanchez threw eight scoreless innings.
Boston crushed Detroit 10-3 with Ceddanne Rafaela driving in four runs including a three-run homer, Minnesota beat Washington 11-3 behind Byron Buxton’s three-run blast, and Baltimore ended a five-game skid by defeating Miami 9-7 on Adley Rutschman’s pinch-hit RBI single in the ninth.
The New York Yankees overcame an early deficit to beat Texas 7-4, Arizona shut out Pittsburgh 9-0, Kansas City extended their winning streak to five games with a 5-3 victory over Cleveland, and San Diego rallied from an early deficit to defeat San Francisco 10-5.
