Mike Trout Has Reached Base Safely In 28 Straight Games

MLB.com reports:

Mike Trout established yet another Angels record by reaching base safely in 28 straight games to open the season and came through a three-run double as part of a four-run fourth inning to lift the Angels to a 6-3 win over the Blue Jays on Wednesday night at Angel Stadium.

Trout set the club record when he singled in the first inning, surpassing Darin Erstad’s previous club record of reaching base safely in 27 consecutive games to start the 2000 season. His single was ripped off Blue Jays right-hander Marcus Stroman on a hard-hit grounder that had an exit velocity of 112.3 mph to extend the streak. It helped the Angels take an early 1-0 lead on a sacrifice fly from Albert Pujols, who is two RBIs away from 2,000 in his career.

“My last week or two, I've really started to feel better at the plate,” Trout said. “I went through a couple games where I felt something was a little off. I'm just trying to get back to the way I was and obviously tonight, it's good to see those balls go in [for hits].”

Trout helped the Angels break it open in the fourth, when the Angels loaded the bases with one out and Tommy La Stella drew a run-scoring walk to bring up Trout with the bases loaded. Trout jumped all over a 2-1 fastball from Stroman, pulling it down the left-field line for a three-run double. It came off the bat at 106.4 mph, per Statcast.

“It’s nice to see him get a big hit especially because it gave us three runs,” Angels manager Brad Ausmus said. “But he had that single early on and that’s why he’s such a great hitter, because even though he’s not necessarily making his best contact, he’s still on base and allowing other guys to drive him in.