Mike Trout flies Christian Yelich to the wall

ANAHEIM – The match was recognized early Monday afternoon at Angel Stadium and Mike Trout–Christian Yelich Love was not limited to their pre-match conversation by the batting cage.

Yelich, defending National League player, and Trout, both in the AHL, met on the field before the Angels' 5-2 win in the first game of a rare series between the two teams, Brewers and Angels, before ending their talents. -The arriving fans were even settled in their seats.

After Yelich had a remarkable catch in the second run, Trout stole what seemed to be Yelich's home in the third inning with a jumping catcher against the field wall, center left. Before descending into the Brewers' canoe, Yelich threw his helmet at Trout to show his respect.

The game changed the game, the teams played a close game 3-2 at the end of the eighth inning, when Justin BourThe two-run circuit gave the Angels a little more leeway.

"Honestly, I thought it was a flying ball in the middle of the field, and it went on," said Yelich. "I know what it is as a field player; when I saw him track down, I thought, "Ah, it's probably not good." And it was not good. But it was a great piece.

"Rock your cap, and try to steal one later in the series."

Trout said he thought at the very least that the ball was going to hit the top of the wall for what would have been Yelich's sixth quarter of the year, but that his home flying job at the batter's practice had bearing fruit.

"It all depends on when to get back to the wall," said Trout. "In BP, you have them all the time.Of course, I have the wall at the right time."

The wall itself is part of the history of Angel Stadium. Its modest size, combined with a unique outdoor field like the Trout patrol, makes home flying more routine than other parks. Trout has completed several of his home flights, including Prince Fielder and J.J. Hardy in 2012, Lonnie Chisenhall in 2014, Miguel Montero and Logan Morrison in 2015, Leonys Martin in 2016 and Mike Napoli in 2017.

"I hope it's routine," said Ausmus. "I saw him doing it last year when I was here – if you put a very good athlete with an accessible wall, I'm sure we'll see a little more."

Brewers manager Craig Counsell said, "I think baseball should consider putting fences at this height in every stadium. I think it's fun for field officers to be able to do that. It's an exciting game. "

Moments earlier, Yelich had shown his own defensive prowess. With the first two Angels strikers on board in the second run, Yelich traveled 25 meters in 4.2 seconds to find a command line from Jonathan Lucroy to the gap between center and center, good for a four stars according to Statcast. Yelich fell into the grass, but appeared in time to make a shot at second base to overtake Albert Pujols in the game.

Trout and Yelich have come to know each other on the Brewers' third visit to the Angel Stadium since joining the NL in 1998 and for the first time since 2010, the year before Trout's debut in the league. Yelich once went to the Marlins in 2014, but said he and Trout were only casual acquaintances.

"I do not know him very well but I am because he's a young star in this game," Trout said. "He's playing hard, I love his way of playing, he's had an incredible season and his whole career has been amazing, knowing the start of the season that he's experienced this year is really amazing."

When asked if he was disappointed or delighted not to see Trout more often, Yelich laughed.

"You do not want to play against him too much because he's such a good player," Yelich said. "It's really fun. You always want to compete with the best. That's what you signed up for. That's why you play the game. But you certainly do not want it to take too much for your team. "

Both entered the series for MVP caliber starts. Yelich, who attended a few matches at Angel Stadium while he was a kid, dominated the Brewers' first four games to tie a major league record to start a season, then entered the fifth home run and did three races Sunday to help get a goal. victory of the series on the Cubs. Trout, meanwhile, saw his series of strokes lost in four consecutive games ending in scoring a draw for two with two strides that extended his series on the 11 games of the season. Trout, currently beating 0.357 / 0.574 / 0.933, lost a match before breaking the Angels club record in five straight games with Bobby Bonds from August 2-7, 1977.

"He did not go home today, so he had to do something," said right-hander Angels Trevor Cahill with a laugh. "So he stole a circuit and it counts."

For the record, Counsell has designated a third defensive jewel as the game of the night. It was angels shortstop Andrelton Simmons& # 39; Wonderful play in the middle to prevent a hit Lorenzo Cain from finishing the second run.

"[The Angels’] Two big defenders made two big plays, "said Counsell," and kept at least two points on the board for us. "

Join in the good start of Trout.

"He's always off to a good start," Yelich said.

"The easiest way to compare that is what we saw from Yelich in the last two months of the year. [last season plus 2019]. That's what Mike Trout has been doing for five years, "said Counsell.

When asked the following question: "Do not let Mike Trout beat you," said Counsell, "Yeah, I think it's an easy statement to make, we're going to throw in. There are probably moments We will not talk to him, that's what each team says, and these guys always earn MVPs, which is why they earn MVPs because they are hard to get. of error to get them out.

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The Angels and Brewers will face each other again on Tuesday evening at 9:07 pm. CT / 19h07 PT first launch, live on MLB.TV. right-handed Matt Harvey (0-1, 9.00 ERA) gets the ball for the Angels who come off one of the worst starts of his career, since he has allocated eight points on 10 hits in more than four innings and more in a defeat against the Rangers. Freddy Peralta makes his second consecutive start on the road, after 11 strikeouts over the eight innings without a goal of a 1-0 win over the Reds. Peralta was Milwaukee's first thrower to go past the sixth inning this season.