Trout flashes super powers after foul off foot

ANAHEIM — Mike Trout swung at a sinking, tailing Felix Hernandez changeup and fouled it off his back foot so hard that his right leg buckled every time he tried to walk it off in the fourth inning on Saturday night.

“It was bothering me the rest of the game,” Trout said. “It was definitely on my mind.”

And while that was on his mind, Trout hustled to second base for a double, recorded an outfield assist and came up with the game-winning home run in the Angels’ 4-2 win over the division-rival Mariners.

Trout’s double, a well-struck line drive into the right-center-field gap, came a mere two pitches after taking the hard foul ball to the back of his right foot. His home run, into the lawn in straightaway center, traveled a projected distance of 435 feet away from home, according to Statcast™.

It was Trout’s fifth home run against Hernandez, the ace right-hander he is now batting .368 against for his career.

“I always do a lot of things to pitch to him differently,” Hernandez said. “I try to go fastballs, try to …

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