Welcome back to the Mike Trout home run daily, where we look back at every home run of Mike Trout’s career, one game at a time. We use a random number generator to determine each game, and today takes us back to May 21, 2019.
The Angels were hosting the Twins in the middle game of a midweek series, with Trevor Cahill against Michael Pineda on the mound.
Trout got things started right away with a solo home run on Pineda’s third pitch of the game, a line drive down the left field line:
This was the 11th home run of the season for Trout, and his 251st career homer.