Mike Trout homered in his seventh consecutive game, but it wasn’t enough for the Los Angeles Angels in a 5–4 loss to the host Cleveland Guardians on Sept. 12.
Amed Rosario’s seventh-inning double drove home Steven Kwan to snap a 4–4 tie and lift Cleveland to its fourth win in a row and sixth in seven games.
Trout became the ninth player in major league history to hit a home run in seven consecutive games, the most recent being the Reds’ Joey Votto last July.
The major league record is eight, held by Dale Long (Pittsburgh Pirates, 1956), Don Mattingly (New York Yankees, 1987) and Ken Griffey Jr. (Seattle Mariners, 1993)….