(Anaheim) Mike Trout scored 1,000and career end point to join a very select club in the Los Angeles Angels’ 5-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics.
Scoring in singles with Luis Rengifo’s carried bases in the sixth to make it 3-0, Trout joined Willy Mays and Alex Rodriguez as the only players to have 1,000 runs, 300 home runs and 200 stolen bases in their 30s.
Trout is also the second player in Angels history to score 1,000 points, after Garrett Anderson (1,024).
Rengifo also gave the Angels the lead with a solo homer in the fifth, beating Adam Kolarek (0-1).
The victory went to Michael Lorenzen (5-2). He allowed just three hits and two walks, as well as knocking out four hitters in six work innings. Raisel Iglesias made the ninth save.
