The Los Angeles Angels needed a game like the one they had Tuesday night, a 12-0 romping of the Seattle Mariners. It was their third win in a row and they are slowly starting to climb their way out of the hole they dug themselves to begin the season. The exclamation point in the game came in the eighth inning. Mike Trout started the game with a strikeout in his first at-bat. In the third inning he singled, then tripled in the fourth and doubled in the sixth. All of the sudden, Trout was in line for the cycle when he came up to bat in the eighth and he made sure to give that ball the ride of it’s life. With that at-bat, Trout became the youngest player in American League history to hit for the cycle at 21 years, 9 months, 16 days.

“At 2-0, I think I was swinging at anything,” Trout said. “It was in the back of my mind, trying to hit a home run. I just barrelled it up and it went out. It feels great.”

Josh Hamilton also had a nice night, hitting both a triple and home run as well in the win. Trout said he wasn’t thinking about the accolade until the opportunity had presented itself in the eighth.

“It was one of those nights,” Trout said. “I didn’t really think about it until about the eighth inning. And when I got on deck, I started feeling it a little bit. To be honest, I thought Josh was going to hit for the cycle after his those first two at-bats. I wasn’t thinking about myself.”

Trout was projected to have another smashing season following his remarkable rookie campaign last year. He has disappointed that’s for sure, but the game Tuesday reminded everyone that Miguel Cabrera is not running away with anything this season. Trout even found time to steal a base Tuesday in the 4-for-5, 5 RBI performance.

“We saw him do a lot of these things last year as a leadoff guy, and now he’s hitting in the two spot,” said Angel’s second baseman Howie Kendrick. “He’s a great player and he has the ability do some of the things he’s done — especially being a five-tool player like he is.”