Trout goes deep after superfan asks for HR

BALTIMORE -- Mike Trout called his shot. Kind of.

Ninety minutes before Friday night's series opener against the Baltimore Orioles, seven-year-old superfan Gavin Edelson asked his favorite player to hit a homer for him. Trout, who had gone deep just once in his previous 17 games, responded by telling the youngster, "I need to hit a home run tonight." Then Trout went out and went yard.

In the top of the third inning, Trout sent a 3-2 fastball from O's starter Dan Straily over the wall in left center. The towering shot, which had a launch angle of 38 degrees and didn't clear the fence by much, looked as though it might be caught by Baltimore centerfielder Stevie Wilkerson, who leaped at the…