The last few years have seen Mike Trout’s name in the headlines very often but not for reasons he, Angels fans, or baseball fans in general, would have preferred. The three-time MVP has been riddled with injuries in his 30s, so headlines like “Mike Trout Back on the Injured List” have been prevalent.
However, on Thursday, Trout made headlines with what he did at the plate as he made MLB history. The Los Angeles Angels were completing a four-game series at the New York Yankees on Thursday afternoon, and Trout homered. He did the same thing in Wednesday’s game, and in Tuesday’s game, and twice in Monday’s game. Thus, he cracked five homers over the four-game series and became the first visiting player to hit dingers in four straight days at Yankee Stadium.
Additionally, his five homers over the four-game set are tied for the most by any player in a series versus the Bronx Bombers. He joins Darrell Evans (1985), George Bell (1980), and Jimmie Foxx (1933). Trout also happened to go deep the last time he visited Yankee Stadium in June 2025, so he joined Aaron Judge (2024) as the only players to homer in five straight games at this iteration of Yankee Stadium, which opened in 2009.
Trout’s historic homer on Thursday came in the seventh inning off New York reliever Angel Chivilli. The outfielder was facing a 2–2 count and was dealt a changeup at the bottom of the strike zone. The pitch came in at 89 mph and exited the ballpark at 114.6 mph, traveling a projected 446 feet, per Statcast.
The solo shot gave Los Angeles a 7–4 lead, and an eighth inning grand slam from Jo Adell—with Trout on base—gave L.A. an 11–4 lead. The Angels would go on to win by that score, splitting the series 2–2. The teams alternated wins and losses throughout, with the Yankees winning Games 1 and 3, while the Angels took Games 2 and 4.
Trout was on base for Adell’s grand slam because the Yankees didn’t give him an opportunity to outright hold the record for most homers in a series against the franchise. New York intentionally walked him in the eighth inning. Overall for the series, Trout went six for 16 with five homers, nine RBI, eight runs scored, and three walks.
For the season, Trout’s seven home runs are third-most in baseball, while his 21 runs scored top all of MLB. He’ll get a chance to extend his five-game home run streak when the Angels begin a three-game home series versus the San Diego Padres on Friday. Interestingly, all seven of Trout’s homers have come on the road this season.
Trout’s career-high home run streak is seven games, which was set in September 2022. He would have to crack a longball in each contest of the upcoming series with San Diego to match MLB’s all-time mark for consecutive games with a home run. Dale Long went deep in eight straight games back in 1956, and the record has been matched twice since. Don Mattingly had eight straight contests with a homer in 1987, and Ken Griffey Jr. was the last to do so in 1993.
Home runs were a big talking point in the Angels versus Yankees series, considering the mashers that were a part of both teams. The series featured the four leading home run hitters among all active players. Giancarlo Stanton of New York leads active players with 455 homers, followed by Trout (411), Judge (376) and Paul Goldschmidt (373). When they all took the field in Monday’s opener, it marked the first time since at least 1900 that the four active home run leaders all played in the same game.
Speaking of Judge and Stanton, they also generated a headline or two—albeit back-page in a defeat—during Thursday’s contest. Each of the sluggers in pinstripes went deep, with Judge doing so in the first inning and Stanton in the third inning. This marked the 61st game, including the postseason, in which the duo homered in the same contest. The Yankees had been an amazing 53–7 in games in which they each homered, so Thursday’s efforts coming in a loss was certainly noteworthy.
The 61 games in which both homered moves them into a tie for the sixth-most in MLB history by a duo. They’re now alongside Chipper Jones and Andruw Jones of the Braves, as well as Harmon Killebrew and Bob Allison of the Twins/Senators. Next up for the Yankees duo is the tandem of Ron Santo and Billy Williams of the Cubs, who connected in the same game 64 times.
Surpassing the Chicago duo is certainly within reach this season, while it may take another year or two for Judge and Stanton to surpass the all-time record. Hank Aaron and Eddie Mathews of the Braves had 76 games in which they both homered, which is one more than the second-place tandem of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig of the Yankees.
