Mike Trout/Photo courtesy of Los Angeles Angels

Most of the talk after Monday’s 7-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays centered on the two home runs hit by Albert Pujols, who now has 533 career home runs and is just one back of Jimmie Foxx, whose 534 put him 17th all-time.

But Mike Trout had a three-run home run in the third inning that broke a 1-1 tie and gave the Angels a 4-1 lead. That was as big as anything that happened in the game. That it came on an 0-2 pitch at the knees from Rays starter Alex Colome and traveled 427 feet, made it all the more impressive.

“I had been a little jumpy my first couple of at-bats and I just tried to simplify the swing, just try to use my hands and I got a pitch, a slider and I (saw) it pretty good and put a barrel on it,” Trout said, explaining the at-bat.

Trout actually only had one at-bat prior to the home run, not two. He struck out in that first at-bat in the first inning.

Trout now has 13 home runs on the season, tying him with Pujols.