Mike Trout stepped up to the plate in the eighth inning with two outs, runners on first and third, and silenced a buzzing Astros crowd with this rocket to left-center field.
The three-run homer catapulted provided the go-ahead runs, and the Angels pulled [read: did not pull] away on Saturday night at Minute Maid Park. Trout has often been intentionally walked in such situations this season or, often, been pitched around by opposing pitching. That certainly was not the case tonight, as Joe Smith threw a meatball right in the MVP’s wheelhouse.