PHILADELPHIA - Mike Trout flailed at strike three in the dirt his final at bat and a most miserable game was complete.
The three-time AL MVP whiffed three times and went 0 for 4 in the Angels' latest loss to extend his hitless streak to a career-worst 0 for 23.Good thing his hometown South Jersey fan club stands by the Los Angeles slugger through even brutal slumps."I'm just trying to get into a good position to hit," Trout said. "And right now, I'm not."He's not alone in struggling on an Angels team muddling through their longest losing streak in almost six years.Zack Wheeler struck out nine over six solid innings and Johan Camargo had four RBIs to help the Philadelphia Phillies win 7-2 Saturday night and send Trout and the Angels to their 10th straight defeat.Trout's previous worst stretch was 0 for 21 in May 2018, and he struck out three times in a game for the fifth time this season."I'm in it," Trout said. "I've got to get out of it.
I'm just searching too much right now."Wheeler (4-3) picked up where he left off as the NL pitcher of the month for May when he went 2-0 with a 1.65 ERA and 40 strikeouts over five starts.
The right-hander gave up two runs and six hits and was just the latest starter to stymie the Angels. Three relievers kept Los Angeles in check with one shutout inning apiece.The Phillies won 10-0 a night earlier in interim manager Rob Thomson’s debut and kept mashing with five runs in the first inning.