The promotional theme for the night was the 1980s, complete with Photoshopped images of players on the video board.
Albert Pujols became Erik Estrada from the television show “Chips.” Eric Young Jr. became Mr. T from the “A-Team.” But the theme could have been a play off the show, “Welcome Back, Kotter.”
A 9-3 loss to the Houston Astros did not send the Angels back to the win column Friday, but the aforementioned names were the story.
Trout made an emotionally spiked return from a three-week absence, due largely to the death of his brother-in-law, Aaron Cox, and tripled off the first pitch he saw from Dallas Keuchel.