This isn't quite as egregious with Angels star right fielder Mike Trout and a fan in Houston on Saturday night, but the incident was similar enough.  Trout was about to make a leaping catch on a foul ball off the bat of Astros catcher Yainer Diaz when he was on the business end of interference.

I didn’t realize it was a play, it was coming at my son’s face. I just reached out,” the Astros fan, Jared Whalen, told The Athletic.

Los Angels Angels superstar Mike Trout was visibly frustrated after getting a ball ripped out of his glove by a Houston Astros fan.

Mike Trout seemingly made up with the Houston Astros fan who took a foul ball out of his glove during the Los Angeles Angels' 4-1 win on Saturday at Daikin Park. Trout signed the ball involved in the play for the son of the Astros fan, identified by The Athletic's Sam Blum as Jared Whalen, after the game.

Mike Trout had an incident with an Astros fan in which the ball was seemingly ripped from his glove. But the Angels outfielder was classy.

The play has been compared to the one in the World Series at Yankee Stadium, when two Yankee fans grabbed Mookie Betts’ arm and ripped the ball out of his glove in Game 4 — earning both an ejection from the game and an indefinite ban from all 30 major league parks.

Los Angeles Angels Mike Trout signed the ball that a Houston Astros fan had previously ripped out of his glove during the second inning of Saturday's 4-1 victory at Daikin Park.

The Los Angeles Angels star reached into the right-field stands to make what appeared to be a great catch. Then the Astros fan moved in.

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Mike Trout hit his sixth home run of the season before the Houston Astros went on a tear at the plate in a 14-3 win over the Angels.

Mike Trout had a possible highlight-reel catch taken away from him during the Los Angeles Angels’ game against the Houston Astros on Saturday evening — literally.