Trout’s four‑game tear

Mike Trout homered in his fourth straight game against the Yankees on Thursday, finishing a four-game Bronx barrage with a 446-foot shot. (apnews.com) The homer came in the seventh inning of the Angels’ 11-4 win on April 16 at Yankee Stadium. Statcast measured it at 114.6 miles per hour off the bat, 31 degrees of launch angle and 445 feet, which MLB rounded to 446. (mlb.com) Trout did more than keep the streak alive: he hit five home runs in the four-game series. MLB said that total is the most by a visiting player in one series against the Yankees. (mlb.com) The streak built day by day in New York. Trout hit two home runs in the opener on April 13, added one on April 14, hit another on April 15, and then went deep again on April 16. (mlb.com) By Wednesday night, Trout had already become just the second visiting player to homer on three consecutive days at the current Yankee Stadium, joining Miguel Cabrera in 2013. MLB also said no visiting player had homered on four straight days against the Yankees before Trout did it. (mlb.com) The series landed in a season that has doubled as a health check on one of baseball’s biggest stars. Trout, 34, played only 29 games in 2024 before a left knee meniscus tear, and Baseball Savant lists a left knee contusion that sent him to the injured list in 2025. (baseballsavant.mlb.com) Through April 16, Trout was back to seven home runs and a 1.010 on-base plus slugging percentage in 2026. Baseball Savant also showed elite underlying contact numbers, including a.746 expected slugging percentage and a 28.6 percent barrel rate. (baseballsavant.mlb.com) Trout told MLB on April 15 that he revived a small timing move in his swing after feeling “stuck” early in the season. He said he began taking a slight step backward before starting his swing, a tweak he had also used late last year. (mlb.com) Yankee Stadium has long fit Trout’s eye. MLB reported on April 15 that he is a career.344 hitter there, his best average at any current American League park. (mlb.com) Thursday’s blast put a louder finish on that pattern: four straight games with a home run, five in one series, and another reminder that Trout can still turn Yankee Stadium into his own launch site. (apnews.com)