Mike Trout hits 1,000th RBI in Angels' win over Mariners

Jeff Fletcher, The Orange County Register on Jul 27, 2025

Published in Baseball

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ANAHEIM, Calif. — One down, one to go.

Mike Trout reached one of the two milestones he’s been pursuing with a homer in the Los Angeles Angels’ 4-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday afternoon.

The two-run homer gave him 1,001 RBIs in his career. It was also his 397th homer.

The victory allowed the Angels (51-55) to split the four-game series against the Mariners, one of the teams they are chasing for a wild-card spot. The Angels remain five games out of the final playoff spot with three games to go before the trade deadline.

While their playoff hopes are slim, they nonetheless enjoyed a well-played game against a good team.

Starter Kyle Hendricks gave up one run in six innings. Hendricks was working on a shutout until he gave up a seventh-inning homer to MVP candidate Cal Raleigh, his 41st of the season.

Relievers Reid Detmers, Brock Burke and Kenley Jansen closed it down to secure the victory.

As for Trout, he’d been slumping since the All-Star break, to go with a setback in his efforts to get back into right field.

Trout said he’s more concerned with keeping his bat in the lineup. The Angels aren’t going to argue, because even when he’s not at his best, he’s still dangerous.

Trout came to the plate in the fifth inning with the Angels having just scored the first two runs of the game on a collection of walks, wild pitches and a hit batter. Nolan Schanuel was standing at second after dropping a blooper just inside the left-field line, for the first hit of the inning.

Mariners right-hander Logan Gilbert threw Trout a 96 mph fastball over the outer half of the plate, and Trout crushed it onto the green batters’ eye above the trees.

It was Trout’s 19th homer of the season, but just his second since the All-Star break.

At that point, the Angels and Hendricks had a 4-0 lead.

Hendricks was cruising through the Seattle lineup, having allowed just one hit and one walk, both in the fifth inning. Hendricks had thrown just 59 pitches as he took the mound in the sixth, but the Angels still had two relievers warming because of his propensity to lose his effectiveness the third time through the lineup.

Hendricks nearly gave up a homer to the 19th batter of the game. Mariners leadoff hitter J.P. Crawford sent a drive to center field, but Jo Adell leapt at the fence and robbed him a homer.

Hendricks got another out to finish the sixth, before his day was ended by Raleigh’s homer in the seventh.

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