WATCH: Mike Trout crushes a towering home run vs Astros, ties Aaron Judge on top of leaderboard

Modified Apr 12, 2025 08:13 GMT

Angels star Mike Trout with Yankee captain Aaron Judge (Getty)

Los Angeles Angels superstar Mike Trout has quietly recorded a scorching start to the new season. On Friday against the Houston Astros, the three-time MVP smashed his sixth home run of the year, tying Yankee captain Aaron Judge at the top of the MLB home run charts.

Trout's game-tying home run came against Astros starter Ronel Blanco in the fourth inning of the contest. The solo bomb went straight to the Crawford Boxes at the newly-named Daikin Park in Houston, Texas.

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At the time of writing, Trout has six home runs and 12 RBIs on 10 base hits with nine runs scored. He's batting .213/.328/.617 with an OPS of .945. For the 2025 season, Trout made a major career move as he swapped from the usual center field role to the less-demanding right field position.

The move was, of course, made in hopes of preserving the former MVP's health. Since 2021, Trout has only appeared in 278 games for the Angels and has spent more time on the shelf than on the field.

Mike Trout and the Angels create MLB history

Mike Trout and the Halos made MLB history against the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday. The Angels became the first team since the Cincinnati Reds on April 29, 1978, to hit at least half of the home runs in an MLB game day.

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The Halos tallied six of the 12 home runs across the league during the day as they overwhelmed the Rays, 11-1. For just the third time, three of their players hit at least two home runs each in a game. Trout, Taylor Ward, and Jo Adell each had two home runs in the win against the Rays.

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The last occurrence was on April 21, 2000, when Troy Glaus, Tim Salmon, and Mo Vaughn achieved the feat.

With their win against the Rays, the Angels improved to 8-4, the second-best winning percentage in the American League.

About the author

Daniel Santiago is a journalist who has been reporting on baseball at Sportskeeda since 2022. He was drawn towards the sport after the underlying statistics and the analysis surrounding it grabbed his attention.

Daniel particularly enjoys furnishing reports about historic events in baseball and analyzing the game through a statistic-based outlook, based on Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference. This is in line with how he enjoyed watching baseball as a pastime. As a writer, he is very particular about cross-checking from reputable sources and doing his due diligence.

He became a lifelong Hideki Matsui fan after his exploits in the 2009 World Series for the New York Yankees. Among the current generation, Daniel's favorites include Shohei Ohtani and Jung Hoo Lee. Daniel is a huge follower of Asian baseball and both Ohtani and Lee have been in the top echelon of their respective leagues during their time with the NPB and KBO.

His favorite moment as a baseball fan was the final at-bat of the 2023 World Baseball Classic between Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout. He believes there aren't many words to fittingly describe the intensity of the moment.

As an avid sports fan, Daniel watches other sports and Esports when not writing about baseball.

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Edited by Daniel Santiago