Mike Trout drives in go-ahead run as Angels rally to win series vs. Twins

Jeff Fletcher, The Orange County Register on Sep 10, 2025

Published in Baseball

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ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mike Trout is finding other ways to contribute during his home run drought.

Trout drove in the first and last runs of the day for the Angels in their 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday afternoon.

His two-out single in the third put the Angels on the scoreboard. In the eighth, he snapped a tie with a sacrifice fly. Bryce Teodosio, who led off the inning with a triple, came home to score.

The Angels (69-77) came back to win the series against the Twins after losing the first game. It was the first time since the season-opening series against the Chicago White Sox that the Angels won a series after losing the opener.

The negative on the day was left-hander Reid Detmers leaving the game with an injury in the eighth inning. Detmers said his arm just felt “dead,” but there was no pain. He said he felt something was wrong in the outside part of his elbow. He said he’s expecting to undergo an MRI exam on Thursday.

“I wouldn’t say I’m too concerned,” Detmers said. “Obviously, there’s a little little bit of ‘What’s going on?’ But nothing hurts. I’m not in pain or anything so I guess we’ll see.”

As for Trout, it was his second consecutive productive game. He reached base three times and scored each time in a blowout victory on Tuesday night.

It’s now been 28 games since Trout last hit a homer, which is the longest streak of his career. He’s come to the plate 121 times since hitting career homer No. 398 on Aug. 6.

For much of that time, Trout was in a slump. Lately, though, Trout has shown some encouraging signs. He has nine hits in his last 30 at-bats, with eight walks.

Trout’s third-inning single also came on a 99 mph fastball, the second-fastest pitch he’s gotten a hit against this season.

After Trout’s single, he scored on Zach Neto’s 26th homer of the season, giving the Angels a 3-1 lead.

The Angels started right-hander José Ureña instead of José Soriano, because they wanted to give all the starters an extra day this late in the season.

Ureña, who is pitching for his fifth team this season, made his first start for the Angels.

Ureña gave up only one run in four innings, even though he gave up four hits, walked four and hit a batter. He escaped bases-loaded jams in the third and fourth innings, before the Angels pulled the plug and got him out of the game with a 3-1 lead.

That lead disappeared in the sixth, when right-hander José Fermin gave up a two-run homer to Byron Buxton.

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