Mike Trout ends productive week at Yankee Stadium with 5 HRs, 9 RBI

Mike Trout loves hitting at Yankee Stadium and New York Yankees fans have to be happy after this week that he’s done playing there until next season.

The Los Angeles Angels outfielder finished off his productive week in the Bronx with another home run during an 11-4 win on Thursday afternoon.

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Trout, 34, entered the series against the Yankees with two home runs and seven RBI on the season. He will be heading home for the Angels' weekend series against the San Diego Padres after more than doubling each statistical category.

The 446-foot blast off Yankees reliever Angel Chivilli in the top of the seventh inning was Trout’s fifth homer and ninth RBI in the four-game series.

Trout opened the series with a pair of home runs and five RBI on Monday. He followed that up with another bomb on Tuesday that kicked off a back-to-back sequence for the Angels. The bat remained hot on Thursday with his eighth homer of the season and two more runs driven in.

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According to MLB.com's Sarah Langs, Trout is the first visiting player to hit a home run in four straight days at Yankee Stadium. Also, his five home runs is tied for the most in a series against the Yankees, joining George Bell (1990), Darrell Evans (1985) and Jimmie Foxx (1933).

Trout has also homered in his last five games against the Yankees, dating back to the final meeting between the teams last season, which happened to take place at — you guessed it — Yankee Stadium.

How much has Trout enjoyed hitting in the Bronx? In 34 career games at Yankee Stadium, he has 13 home runs, 26 RBI and 45 hits with a .346 batting average.

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Fellow multi-time AL MVP Aaron Judge tried his best to match Trout in the four-game series. The Yankees slugger hit four home runs himself and picked up five RBI, but New York lost for the eighth time in 11 games since beginning the season 7-1.

“He’s the greatest, the greatest of all time,” Judge said of Trout following Monday’s game. “I know he’s had some tough injuries over the years, but to see himself back in a better spot this year — every time he comes to the Bronx, man, he puts on a show. I hate to see it, but it’s fun competing against a guy like that.”