Trout chalks up struggles at plate to going through 'a bad time'

Amid the worst slump of his career, Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout is remaining even-keeled.

"It's baseball - there's going to be some good times and there's going to be some bad times," Trout said Sunday. "Right now, it's just a bad time."

Trout went hitless in three at-bats in Sunday's 9-7 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, pushing his drought to a career-worst 26 at-bats.

However, the three-time MVP was pleased with some of his plate appearances.

"Things will start falling," Trout said. "Had some good at-bats today, just try to take it into tomorrow. We're in it, obviously, on a losing streak. But we're not going to just come in here and put our heads down. We're going to keep grinding. Everybody is in here fighting."

Bryson Stott hit a walk-off three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth as the Phillies rallied from a 5-0 deficit to hand the Angels their 11th straight defeat.

Trout is still authoring a solid season despite the recent rough patch. The 30-year-old owns a .274/.378/.575 slash line with 13 home runs and 28 RBIs across 50 games.