Death, taxes, and Mike Trout terrorizing the Seattle Mariners

There are certain things that you can simply count on in life, and Mike Trout continuing his reign of terror any time the Los Angeles Angels and Seattle Mariners get together in the Pacific Northwest is among them.

Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels showed again this weekend that he is the rightful owner of the Seattle Mariners

During a five-game series over the weekend at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Trout belted five home runs and etched his name in the record books (again), per this tweet, by becoming the first player in Major League Baseball history to smack four game-winning home runs in a single series. With those bombs, Trout now has 52 home runs in his career against the Seattle Mariners, the most against any team he has faced, and 33 home runs inside T-Mobile Park, the most for any opposing batter.

Those 33 home runs, by the way, are tied for the most for any player in any park in which he never suited up for the home team. Only Albert Pujols inside Houston’s Minute Maid Park (33 homers as well) has done as much damage.

Just how did Trout’s five home runs look against the Mariners this past weekend? Check out the video below.

This marks the second time in Trout’s illustrious career that he has hit five home runs in a single series, matching his efforts from April 4-7, 2019, at home against the Texas Rangers in another four-game set. Only three other Angels (Doug DeCinces, Garret Anderson, and Vladimir Guerrero Sr.) have logged five homers in a series.

Trout is now slashing .290/.389/.659 on the season, remarkable numbers when you consider he endured an 0-for-26 slump at the end of May and beginning of June. However, since snapping out of that funk, he is batting .368 and has swatted eight home runs, including the five homers in Seattle.

The Angels visit Seattle again for another four-game series from August 5-7, giving Trout another chance to add to his already impressive career numbers in the Emerald City.