BALTIMORE -- Mike Trout called his shot. Kind of.
Ninety minutes before Friday night's series opener against the Baltimore Orioles, seven-year-old superfan Gavin Edelson asked his favorite player to hit a homer for him. Trout, who had gone deep just once in his previous 17 games, responded by telling the youngster, "I need to hit a home run tonight." Then Trout went out and went yard.
In the top of the third inning, Trout sent a 3-2 fastball from O's starter Dan Straily over the wall in left center. The towering shot, which had a launch angle of 38 degrees and didn't clear the fence by much, looked as though it might be caught by Baltimore centerfielder Stevie Wilkerson, who leaped at the wall in an effort to rob Trout.