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Los Angeles Angels<\/a> star Mike Trout<\/a> finally homered Thursday night in Seattle, ending a career-long 28-game homerless drought that put him one shy of reaching 400 for his career.<\/p>\n

Trout launched his 399th homer, sending a 3-2 fastball from Mariners<\/a> right-hander Bryce Miller<\/a> over the left-center-field wall to tie the score at 4 in the fifth inning. Seattle went on to win 7-6 in 12 innings.<\/p>\n

It was Trout’s 21st homer of the season and his first since Aug. 6, a span of 125 plate appearances. Trout admitted that reaching the 400-homer milestone had been on his mind in August.<\/p>\n

“I was thinking about it for a little bit in the beginning,” said Trout, a three-time AL MVP and 11-time All-Star. “But now I’m just trying to put good swings on the ball. I know it’s going to come. I’m not trying to go up there and try to hit a home run. My whole career is just putting good swings on balls and they’ve gone over the fence.”<\/p>\n

Thursday night’s homer was the 56th of Trout’s career against the Mariners, four more than any other player against Seattle. He is batting .235 with 58 RBIs this season.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.br\/]<\/p>\n

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