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Mike Trout returns to lineup, but Angels fall to Astros
Mike Trout stood respectfully during the national anthem Thursday but bobbed back and forth and turned his head side to side, as if antsy for the game to start. And why not? The 22-year-old Trout, viewed by some as baseball's best player, was about to rejoin the Angels' lineup after missing nearly four games because of stiffness in his back. Batting second as the Angels' designated hitter against the Houston Astros, Trout promptly banged a triple off the left-center-field wall in the first inning and scored the Angels' first run on Albert Pujols' sacrifice fly. Trout later hit a double into left field in the fifth inning to drive in Erick Aybar and cut the...
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Mike Trout returns to lineup, but Angels fall to Astros
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