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Grichuk faces ex-team, homers over good pal Trout
- Updated: May 11, 2016
ANAHEIM — Randal Grichuk slowed to a trot, sure that as he neared second base after driving a ball to deep center on Tuesday that Mike Trout had snared it from the shrubs beyond the center-field wall. He knew better than to assume that anything could clear the Gold Glove outfielder’s reach.
This time, though, the player that Grichuk was once compared to and forever connected to wasn’t stealing the spotlight from him again. The home run, Grichuk’s fifth of the season, helped the Cardinals to an 8-1 rout over the Angels and gave the Anaheim crowd a glimpse of what might have been had the Angels not agreed to add Grichuk in that November 2013 trade that sent David Freese and Fernando Salas out of St. Louis.
Grichuk never made it to Angel Stadium as a member of the home team, as his climb in the Angels’ system was stalled by persistent injuries and overshadowed by Trout. The two center fielders, born six days apart, were selected by the Angels with consecutive picks in the first round of the 2009 Draft. Grichuk’s name was …
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