US EditionTrout Returns to Angels’ Lineup in a New Spot and Has a Hit in Win over Guardians
- Mike Trout made his comeback for the Los Angeles Angels on Friday, May 30, 2025, contributing to a 4-1 victory over the Cleveland Guardians in Cleveland.
- Trout missed 26 games due to a left knee bone bruise and was activated earlier than his original Monday return plan.
- José Soriano pitched six scoreless innings, Jo Adell had three hits, and Jorge Soler hit a solo homer in the ninth inning for the Angels.
- Trout appeared as the designated hitter and hit fifth in the lineup for the first time in 1,532 starts, going 1-for-5 with a single in the fourth inning, as the Angels ended a five-game losing streak.
- Trout’s return ended a challenging stretch for the Angels and could influence his lineup role as the team prepares for a series in Boston.
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Angels’ Mike Trout gets the day off after returning to DH twice
CLEVELAND — The Angels continue to bring Mike Trout along slowly. After Trout started at DH on Friday and Saturday — batting fifth and sixth, respectively — he was out of the lineup entirely on Sunday. Manager Ron Washington said that was the plan of the medical staff all along, and not a reflection of any soreness in Trout’s left knee. Trout was out for a month with a bone bruise in his left knee. “He was all over the bags yesterday,” Washingto…
Daily Bulletin
Angels blow early lead in loss to Guardians
CLEVELAND — The third out is the toughest one. Ryan Zeferjahn got the first two outs of the seventh inning quickly, including retiring perennial MVP candidate José Ramirez. After that, Zeferjahn couldn’t get another out, and he ended up giving up three runs that sent the Angels to a 7-5 loss to the Cleveland Guardians on Saturday. The Angels had taken a 5-2 lead in the top of the fifth on Mike Trout’s double, his third hit of the game. The Guard…
Daily Breeze
Angels have Mike Trout batting sixth while waiting for him to get comfortable
CLEVELAND — A day after Mike Trout hit in the lowest spot he’d been in a starting lineup since his rookie year, he moved even lower. Trout was hitting sixth for the Angels on Saturday in Cleveland. Trout batted at the bottom of the lineup when he first reached the majors in 2011, but after he returned to the majors for good in 2012, he never hit lower than third. Manager Ron Washington said Friday, the day that Trout returned from a month on the…
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