CF Mike Trout started Friday's game against the Tigers in center field, the first time he's played in the field since May 5. He initially strained his left hamstring May 3 running down a fly ball in Seattle. He played May 4 against Houston, but then missed the next five games because of the strain. Trout was hot at the plate when he was hurt, and took a career-best 17-game hitting streak into Thursday's game. But the streak ended with an 0 for 4 performance Thursday, before going 1 for 5 with a two-run homer on Friday against Detroit.

CF Mike Trout was sheduled to return to the lineup on Thursday night against the Detroit Tigers after missing five straight games with a left hamstring injury. Trout injured the hamstring last week and later aggravated it. Trout served as the designated hitter for Thursday's game.

OF Mike Trout, the reigning American League MVP and April AL Player of the Month, had no setbacks during a light pregame workout, including agility drills, for team trainer Adam Nevala on Wednesday. Trout could return Thursday. "He'll come in and go through his pregame and see how he feels," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said.

CF Mike Trout could return to the lineup for Thursday's series finale, Angels manager Mike Scioscia announced. Trout, 25, was held out of the starting lineup for the fifth straight game against the Athletics on Wednesday with an ailing left hamstring. Trout, who is in the midst of a career-high 17-game hitting streak, entered play on Wednesday with an AL-best .355 batting average. He also has eight homers and 21 RBIs this season.

Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout could return to the lineup for Thursday's series finale against the Oakland Athletics, manager Mike Scioscia announced.Trout, the two-time American League Most Valuable Player, was held out of the starting lineup for the fifth straight game on Wednesday with an ailing left hamstring.The 25-year-old Trout ran on the field and went through agility drills before the contest, however."We're hoping he comes out of it great today, works out tomorrow pregame and can play," Scioscia said Wednesday. "But you don't want to miss any steps, so he won't be overly aggressive to where he's going to set himself back."Trout, who is in the midst of a career-high 17-game hitting streak, entered play on Wednesday with an AL-best .355 batting average. He also has eight homers and 21 RBIs this season.

CF Mike Trout (tight left hamstring) sat out his fourth consecutive game Tuesday night in Oakland. Trout took batting practice before the game and gave the hamstring a thumbs-up. He plans to test it in pregame outfield drills Wednesday, and hopes to be in the lineup if there's no pain.

CF Mike Trout missed his third straight game and fourth in five days with a strained left hamstring Monday night against the Oakland A's. "Definitely improved," Trout said before the game. "Just taking it day by day. I feel a lot better, a lot better. It's improving each and every day." Trout had an MRI of his left hamstring that came back "clean and normal," according to Angels general manager Billy Eppler. "Huge, huge," Trout said of the news. "You never want to take an MRI. It's tough. But hearing the news, it relieves me a little bit." Angels manager Mike Scioscia did not rule out Trout returning to the lineup Tuesday against Oakland, but he said that putting him on the 10-day disabled list has also been discussed. "He knows his body," Scioscia said. "If he feels good in a workout there's a possibility he could play that night. In a perfect world obviously you want him to work out and see how he recovers. We'll look at that. The thing about the DL right now being a 10-day DL it's a little more forgiving than having to put a guy down for the 15-day DL."

CF Mike Trout underwent an MRI exam on his ailing left hamstring and the results were "clean and normal," general manager Billy Eppler told reporters. Trout, who has been sidelined for back-to-back games with the injury, likely will sit out Monday's series opener against the Oakland Athletics. The two-time American League MVP said he expects to play in Tuesday's second contest of the three-game series. Trout, who is in the midst of a 17-game hitting streak, is tied with New York Yankees second baseman Starlin Castro with an AL-best .355 batting average entering play on Monday.

CF Mike Trout (tight left hamstring) missed his second straight game and third in his last four Sunday, taking another day off as a precautionary move. "I have to be smart about it." Trout said before Sunday's game. "I figure we take today and yesterday and see how it feels in Oakland (on Monday). I'm going to come to the field tomorrow ready to play and see how it feels. Trout has a career-high 17 game hitting streak and he's hitting .391 during it, with 16 runs scored, 12 extra-base hits and 11 RBI.

CF Mike Trout was in the original starting lineup Saturday night but was a late scratch. The American League April Player of the Month sat out Thursday's game against Oakland with tightness in his left hamstring. Saturday's move was considered a precautionary move after the strain reoccurred in pregame warmups. He's listed as day-to-day. Trout is on a career-best 17-game hitting streak, and is hitting .391 with 16 runs scored, 12 extra base hits and 11 RBI during the run. Houston starter Lance McCullers Jr. has held Trout to one hit in 15 at-bats with eight strikeouts.

OF Mike Trout was not in the starting lineup Thursday against the Mariners. Angels manager Mike Scioscia said Trout is dealing with a tight hamstring, but would have been in the lineup if the game was a playoff game. It's the first game this season Trout has not been in the starting lineup -- he had started 28 in center field and one as the DH. "We're on a stretch where it's going to be 42 (games) out of 44 (days), so we want to make sure these guys at least get a chance to recover where they can," Scioscia told MLB.com. Cameron Maybin started in Trout's place in center field and DH Albert Pujols took Trout's No. 3 spot in the batting order.

CF Mike Trout doubled in the fifth inning Tuesday to extend his hitting streak to 15 games, matching his career high set in 2013. During the streak, he is batting .411 (23-for-56) with six doubles, a triple, four homers and eight RBIs along with 10 walks, three stolen bases and 14 runs.

CF Mike Trout went 6-for-10 with four walks, one home run, a double, three RBIs and three runs scored in this series, including 1-for-3 with two walks to extend his hit streak to 14 games, the second-longest streak of his career (he had a 15-game streak in 2013). In Trout's career at Globe Life Park, he is hitting .332 (66-for-199) with 14 doubles, four triples, 11 home runs and 44 RBIs in 54 games.

OF Mike Trout extended his hitting streak to 13 with his RBI double off Yu Darvish in the fourth inning on Saturday. The 13-game hitting streak matches the second longest of Trout's career. He had a 15-game streak in 2013. Trout has now reached safely in 25 of 26 games this season. His hitting streak is tied for the second longest in the American League this season.

OF Mike Trout came into Friday's game batting .337, good for fifth in the American League. With three hits against the Rangers, the 25-year-old pushed his average to .355. His sixth-inning homer boosted his season total to seven, two behind AL leader Aaron Judge of the Yankees.

CF Mike Trout went 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored Thursday against Oakland, extending his hitting streak to 11 games. During the streak, he's hitting .372 (16 for 43). Overall this season, Trout has reached base in 23 of the club's 24 games.

CF Mike Trout clubbed his fourth home run leading off the ninth inning. It was his 172nd career homer, which is one shy of matching Vladimir Guerrero for fifth on the franchise career list. Ten of his 20 hits this season have gone for extra bases, including five doubles and a triple. Trout is slugging .650.

CF Mike Trout finished 2-for-3 with a walk Monday, reaching base safely in his first three plate appearances before striking out against Astros RHP Chris Devenski in the seventh inning. On Sunday, Trout had his string of reaching base safely snapped at 18 consecutive games, a stretch that dated back to last season. Trout recorded a pair of singles after eight of his previous 14 hits this season went for extra bases.

CF Mike Trout was the designated hitter for the first time as Angels manager Mike Scioscia wanted to give the superstar a half day off. "We're in a stretch where we're playing 20 in a row and we're off then 17 in a row," Scioscia said. "We're playing something like 37 out of 38, so we're going to need to start to get guys a little break here or there. And we're going to use our bench. We've got a little deeper bench this year, as we've talked about. Any time we get a chance to get Mike at DH, we're going to take advantage of it."

CF Mike Trout stroked a run-producing single in the first inning on Friday night, extending his on-base streak to 17 games, dating to Sept. 26. Trout is a career .345/.463/.622 hitter against the Royals with nine home runs and 24 RBIs in 33 games. That is his highest average against any opponent.