Welcome back to the Mike Trout home run daily, where we delve into every single home run of Mike Trout’s career, one game at a time. Today’s random number generator takes us to Kansas City on May 23, 2013.
This was Ervin Santana’s first game against his old team, after pitching with the Angels for eight seasons. Trout, his teammate the year before, greeted Santana rudely, hitting his fifth pitch of the game for his 10th homer of the season, crushed to center field:
This was the 10th home run of the season for Trout, and the 45th of his career.