Angels star Trout is shut down for season
Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout is officially shut down for the season.
The three-time AL MVP suffered a calf strain on May 17 and hasn’t returned to the lineup since. The original prognosis was six to eight weeks of rehabilitation, but the injury was worse than originally thought.
Trout was trying to get back this season, but recently made the decision that he was done this year.
The 30-year-old outfielder said he’s healthy and should have a normal offseason in New Jersey.
“It’s been tough for me, but now looking back and learning from everything, this was the biggest injury of my career,” Trout said.
“It came down to we were trying everything the last month and a half to get back out there. My calf and my body weren’t cooperating. It was frustrating. I took a week, 2 ½ weeks off and I feel almost 100%.”
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Bader, Tyler O’Neill and Paul DeJong homered as these Cardinals broke the team record of 14 wins in a row set in 1935, a year after Dizzy Dean and the Gas House Gang won the World Series.
Bader went 4 for 4 and scored three times as the Cardinals held their comfortable lead for the second NL wild-card spot -- they began the day five games ahead of Philadelphia and six in front of Cincinnati.
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The Yankees, who began the day with a twogame lead over Toronto and Seattle for the second wild card, now have a chance to nudge in front of their longtime rivals in tonight’s series finale.
PHILLIES 3, RANGERS 0 >> Ranger Suarez pitched a four-hit shutout, Bryce Harper homered and the Phillies kept up their playoff push, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 Saturday for their fifth straight win.
The Phillies began the day 1 ½ games behind Atlanta in the NL East. Philadelphia visits the Braves in a three-game series beginning Tuesday.
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