Angels' Mike Trout battling wild pitches, injuries, early-season slump
Los Angeles' outfielder, a potential Hall of Famer, is fighting through a sluggish offensive start.
Angels' Mike Trout battling wild pitches, injuries, early-season slump originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Mike Trout was furious.
The Los Angeles Angels outfielder reached his limit with the Seattle Mariners ' pitching staff. After enduring a 94-mph sinker on Bryan Woo's second straight up-and-in pitch last Friday, Trout absorbed a 94. 2-mph fastball off his left hand by Mariners reliever Casey Legumina last Sunday.
Woo later apologized when Trout trotted by the mound, but Sunday, the three-time AL MVP didn't anticipate any atonement. “We know where they’re trying to get me out, fastballs up and in, so it’s just frustrating,” Trout said, as reported by MLB. com .
“You know, if you can’t control it up there, you shouldn’t do it. So it is what it is. ” Trout missed Monday's outing, but returned for the final two games of the series against the Atlanta Braves .