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Mike Trout has three hits, including a 454-foot homer, in Angels’ win over Red Sox

Angels star Mike Trout hits a three-run home run against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.
Angels star Mike Trout hits a three-run home run in the first inning of a 7-6 win over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Monday.
(Robert F. Bukaty / Associated Press)

Mike Trout had three hits, including a three-run, 454-foot homer off the left-center field light stanchion in the Angels’ six-run first inning on Monday night, in a 7-6 win over the Boston Red Sox.

Zach Neto homered to lead off the game, and the Angels opened a 5-0 lead before before Red Sox starter Richard Fitts (0-3) recorded his first out. Jo Adell also homered in the first and added another solo shot in the sixth after Boston cut the lead to 6-5.

Jarren Duran had three hits for Boston, including a double to start the four-run fifth inning. Ceddanne Rafaela homered to make it 7-6 in the eighth.

Ryan Zeferjahn (3-1) was credited with the win, pitching a scoreless seventh inning and striking out two. Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth for his 11th save, getting Romy Gonzalez on a line drive to the warning track in right to end it.

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Boston scored four in the fifth to make it 6-5 and loaded the bases in the sixth before reliever Reid Detmers got cleanup hitter Carlos Narváez on a slow chopper to third to end the inning.

Trout spent a month on the injured list with a bone bruise on his left knee. He returned Friday and has gone eight for 14 since then.

José Ramírez homers during a three-run fourth inning and Gavin Williams allowed only one hit in 6⅔ innings in the Guardians’ 4-2 win over the Angels.

Key moment: Neto’s homer was followed by a walk, single, error and Trout’s homer. One out later, Adell added a solo homer.

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Key stat: With hits in his first three at-bats, Trout reached 1,675 in his career, passing Tim Salmon for second all-time in franchise history. Garret Anderson is first with 2,368.

Up next: Boston right-hander Brayan Bello (2-1) will start opposite Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi in the second game of the three-game series on Tuesday.

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