Mike Trout took the MLB world by storm last year when he nearly won the MVP award and he did it again on Tuesday night, as he became the youngest player in American League history to hit for the cycle in the 12-0 drubbing of the Mariners at home in Los Angeles.
The Angels star added a home run in eighth inning to finish it off after having a single in the third and triple in the fourth and a double in the sixth inning. It was another amazing feat for the young star, who became the youngest in the AL to do it and the third youngest since 1930 to get the cycle. The previous record was by Alex Rodriguez when he did it in 1997 and now the 21 year old has accomplished it as well, adding another great performance to his resume.
The reigning AL rookie of the year singled in the third inning, tripled in the fourth, doubled in the sixth before completing the feat with a home run in the eighth. Trout became the youngest player in the American League ever to hit for the cycle in the Los Angeles Angels' 12-0 rout of the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday.
In other Major League action, Dan Straily tossed seven scoreless innings to get the better of Texas ace Yu Darvish as the Oakland Athletics took a 1-0 victory over the Rangers. n Cleveland, Detroit's Max Scherzer retired 22 straight batters following the first inning to stay undefeated and lift the Tigers past the Indians 5-1. The 24-year-old Straily allowed just two hits and struck out five before handing the ball to his bullpen, which shut down the American League-leading Rangers (29-17) in the final innings.
Darvish surrendered a solo home run to Yoenis Cespedes in the third inning that stood as the only run of the game. Scherzer allowed a run in the first but was dominant thereafter, striking out seven batters in eight innings to run his perfect record to 6-0.
Reigning American League MVP Miguel Cabrera hit his 12th home run of the season and Detroit snapped division-leading Cleveland's (26-18) five-game win streak.
