The following day Mike Trout got his first big league hit on a bunt single against Michael Pineda then of the Seattle Mariners. A little over two weeks later Trout hit his first career home run in Baltimore on July 24th. Baltimore is the closest team to Trout’s hometown of Millville, New Jersey. Then on August 30th, 2011 Trout recorded his first two-homer game in Seattle. His first season ended with Trout hitting .220 with five home runs and 16 RBI’s.
In 2012 Trout started the season in Triple-A playing 20 games with the Salt Lake City Bees and batting .