Angels Star Mike Trout To Have Surgery On Injured Thumb, Out 6-8 Weeks
Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout has a torn ligament in his left thumb and will have surgery Wednesday that is expected to sideline him between six to eight weeks.
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Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout has a torn ligament in his left thumb and will have surgery Wednesday that is expected to sideline him between six to eight weeks.
Mike Trout stood at his locker and frowned as he looked down at his left thumb, which was puffy and red and sending a clear signal. He's out.
Giancarlo Stanton homered off the retaining wall in center, a shot estimated at 460 feet
Los Angeles finished 1 for 13 with runners in scoring position.
Albert Pujols hit his 597th career home run, a two run shot in the first for the Angels. It was his sixth of the season.
The Angels have won seven of nine.
Jefry Marte scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the seventh inning to help the Los Angeles Angels' beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 on Monday night.
Aiming to avoid a three-game sweep, the Angels built a 9-0 lead by the third inning.
Angels rookie Alex Meyer (2-2) allowed four runs — three earned — and three hits in four-plus innings.
Ricky Nolasco (2-3) allowed two runs, one earned, over six innings. Los Angeles had won four straight.
Mike Trout homered for the fifth time in six games and the Los Angeles Angels completed a three-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox.
After an intentional walk to Mike Trout loaded the bases, Pujols singled to deep center field for his third RBI of the night.
It was the first set of back-to-back homers this season for the Angels.
Mike Trout homered in his third straight game and Alex Meyer pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning of the Los Angeles Angels' 4-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday.
J.D. Martinez powered up in just his second game of the season, hitting his second homer of the game in the ninth inning to lift the Detroit Tigers over the Los Angeles Angels 4-3 on Saturday night.
