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Trout goes 0-for-4 in loss to Mariners

Elaine Thompson

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The Angels’ Mike Trout fouls off a pitch against the Mariners’ Hisashi Iwakuma in the sixth inning Sunday in Seattle. Trout grounded out to shortstop Brandan Ryan. Reliever Josh Kinney got Trout to fly out to right in the eighth. ‘I wasn’t going to let him pull the ball on me,’ Kinney told The Associated Press. ‘You got to respect the kid. The kid’s tough.’

Posted: Monday, September 3, 2012 12:01 am

Trout goes 0-for-4 in loss to Mariners From Press staff, wire reports The Press of Atlantic City Media Group

Mike Trout update

Mike Trout of Millville is a rookie outfielder with the Los Angeles Angels. Trout, 21, is a 2009 Millville High School graduate who was The Press Player of the Year that season.

Sunday: 0-for-4 with a strikeout in a 2-1 loss at Seattle.

Season statistics (through Sunday):

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI

111 454 107 151 22 6 25 74

SB CS BB SO .AVG OBP SLG OPS

42 4 47 106 .333 .396 .573 .968

Notes: Trout’s lead in the American League batting race (.333) is two percentage points over Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera (.331). ... Trout also leads the AL in runs and stolen bases.

Quotes: Trout was asked what it would mean to win the American League Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player awards. “Not much,” he said in a USA Today story. “That stuff doesn't mean anything unless you make the playoffs. The first goal is to make the playoffs. Whatever it takes, that’s what we’re going to do.”