Trout sprains thumb as Angels go down to Marlins
MIAMI: Mike Trout sprained his left thumb stealing second base on Sunday as the Los Angeles Angels took a thumping without him, losing 9-2 to the Miami Marlins.
Trout yelled in pain as he rose after sliding headfirst in the fifth inning. He was examined by a trainer, stayed in the game, but was replaced in the sixth. X-rays were negative and there was no immediate timetable regarding his return. The reigning American League MVP was 0 for 2 when he departed with the Angels trailing 4-2. He finished 2 for 9 in the series to drop his average to .337.
Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton had three hits, including his 13th home run, and JT Riddle hit his third homer and drove in three runs. Jose Urena (3-2) won despite a career-high six walks in five innings.
In Chicago, Miguel Gonzalez took a perfect game into the seventh inning while Todd Frazier hit a two-run homer as the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 7-3.
Gonzalez (4-5) allowed three runs and six hits in 7 2/3 innings while breaking a five-start losing streak. The right-hander retired his first 18 batters before Andrew Romine led off the seventh with a hard one-hop liner to shortstop Tim Anderson, who couldn’t field the ball cleanly and was originally charged with an error. Alex Avila followed with a single, and Romine’s ball was later changed to a hit.
Melky Cabrera and Matt Davidson also homered, helping the White Sox take three of four in the series. David Robertson got two outs for his seventh save.
Detroit right-hander Jordan Zimmermann (4-4) allowed seven runs and eight hits in five innings.
In New York, Aaron Judge hit his first career grand slam as the New York Yankees took full advantage of Oakland’s shoddy defence to win 9-5.
Michael Pineda (6-2) tossed six innings of three-hit ball to win his third straight start. Aaron Hicks and Chris Carter each had an early sacrifice fly as the AL East leaders scored five unearned runs and took two of three in a well-pitched series.
Judge connected with two outs in the third for his 16th home run, tying Mike Trout of the Angels for the big league lead.
Khris Davis hit his 15th home run for the A’s, who committed two more costly errors to raise their season total to 49. The fielding failures put starter Andrew Triggs (5-4) in tough situations. He went six innings and gave up one earned run.