Mets manager Terry Collins thought he had a plan to contain the hottest hitter in the majors.
Mike Trout had homered five times in his previous five games heading into Friday night, and with Albert Pujols out of the Angels’ lineup with a hamstring injury, the slugger had little help behind him.
Still, Collins wanted to attack Trout — for the most part.
“He’s dangerous,” Collins said. “He’s certainly one guy [where] obviously there are times in the game when you can’t let him beat you.”
In Friday’s 3-0 win, Trout didn’t beat the Mets in his first game at Citi Field since leading off the 2013 All-Star Game against Matt Harvey.