Mike Trout hit for the cycle and drove in five runs during the Los Angeles Angels' 12-0 rout of the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night. Trout became the sixth player in Angels history to complete the cycle and the first to do it since Chone Figgins on Sept. 16, 2006, at Texas.
After taking a called third strike during his first at-bat, Trout reached on an infield single in the third inning, hit an RBI triple in the fourth and added a three-run double in the sixth before homering in the eighth on a 2-0 pitch from Lucas Luetge.
Since RBI became official in 1920, only two other players have hit for the cycle in a game where they drove in five or more runs and stole at least one base. Tony Lazzeri of the New York Yankees (vs Athletics, June 3, 1932) and Babe Herman of the Dodgers (vs Reds, May 18, 1931) were the only two players in over 80 years to do so before Trout's historic performance on Tuesday night.
Trout is the youngest player in American League history to hit for the cycle and is the 6th-youngest player in MLB history to do so. He is also the first player born in the 1990s to hit for the cycle in Major League Baseball history and the 4th-youngest to do so during the Live Ball Era.
Speaking of age, Josh Hamilton celebrated his 32nd birthday with a home run and triple in the Los Angeles victory. Howie Kendrick also went deep with a 2-run shot in the fourth inning. Albert Pujols also contributed two RBIs off of two hits in the win.
Jerome Williams earned his third win in an eight-inning shutout performance for Los Angeles. He struck out six and walked two while helping send the Mariners to their season-high fifth straight loss.
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