The Angels were down two runs to Texas on Tuesday night at Angel Stadium, and Mike Trout was down two strikes to the Rangers’ closer, right-hander Sam Dyson. One more and the Angels would lose.
Dyson fired a two-seam fastball toward the outer edge of the plate. It was clocked at 96 mph, but Trout did not so much as flirt with it, and plate umpire Scott Barry called it a ball. Dyson fired another fastball. Same speed, same location, same result.
The 2-and-2 pitch was a few more inches inside, and Trout pounced, turning his hands and driving the ball to right field for a run-scoring double.