Angels star Mike Trout's streak of consecutive games hitting a home run ended at seven, one shy of the major league record, and the AL Central-leading Cleveland Guardians beat Los Angeles 3-1 on Tuesday night.
Trout went 0 for 3 with three routine flyballs and a walk. The three-time AL MVP was chasing the mark of eight straight games with a home run, set by Pittsburgh's Dale Long in 1956 and matched by Don Mattingly of the Yankees in 1987 and Seattle's Ken Griffey Jr. in 1993."I'm not going to lie," he said."I've been thinking about it, for sure. Everybody's been texting me. You guys are asking me a bunch of questions. It's kind of hard not to.
Oscar Gonzalez's two-run homer in the sixth broke a 1-all tie and gave Cleveland its fifth straight win. José Ramirez started the inning with a double and Gonzalez lined an 0-2 pitch from José Suarez off the railing atop the wall in left field. Trout faced rookie Cody Morris in his first two at-bats. He flied out to center in the first and drew a four-pitch walk in the third with a runner on second.
Matt Thaiss hit a leadoff homer in the second off Morris. Luke Maile's sacrifice fly tied the game in the fifth. Angels infielder David Fletcher didn't start for the third day in a row because of a bruised right hand. Fletcher batted for Andrew Velazquez and bunted for a hit in the fifth. He also bunted for an out in the seventh.Umpire Ron Kulpa, who had to leave Monday night's game with two outs in the ninth after being struck on the mask by a foul tip, wasn't part of Tuesday's crew. He was replaced by Alan Porter.
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