Streaking Trout on otherworldly roll

ANAHEIM, Calif. — There comes a time when mere mortals must pitch to Mike Trout.

After the Diamondbacks walked him twice Tuesday night, allegedly unintentionally, he came up with the bases loaded and one out. The D’backs could have walked him, but that would have forced in the tying run.

So they pitched to him and, because he is Mike Trout, he cleared the bases in the Angels’ 5-4 victory.

The next time up, because he is Mike Trout, he reached on what should have been a groundout. But he had knocked off the catcher’s glove with his swing, and that was good for catcher’s interference.

In his last 37 plate appearances, Trout has reached base 29 times: 16 hits, 11 walks, a hit by pitch and that catcher’s interference. His batting average over those eight games: .696.

“He gets better and better,” outfielder Kole Calhoun said. “He’s a guy that this club needs, for sure. He’s doing it at a level that is unbelievable. It’s fun to watch. It’s fun to be in the clubhouse with him. It’s fun to be on the field with him.

“He’s a guy that, one way another, each night is going amaze you.”

Trout has more walks (64) than strikeouts (60) and leads the majors with 23 home runs.

“If I try to expand the strike zone, that’s when I get in trouble,” Trout said.

But Trout might not be a wizard in all things. Bantering with a radio reporter who was talking up the Bears, Trout said, “I’ve got the Browns having a better record than the Bears.”

That might be the ultimate test of Trout’s super powers. The Browns won zero games last season. or to