SEATTLE -- It didn't take long for Mike Trout to break out of his mini-slump.
Trout hammered his 20th home run of the season off left-hander Wade LeBlanc in the first inning of the Angels' series opener against the Mariners on Monday night at Safeco Field.
Trout had entered Monday 2-for-19 (.105) with no extra-base hits, no RBIs and seven strikeouts over his last five games, but he helped put that skid in the rearview mirror by crushing a 2-2 changeup from LeBlanc to left field for a solo home run that put the Angels on the board.