Los Angeles @ Detroit preview

Last Meeting ( Jul 17, 2012 ) LA Angels 13, Detroit 0

Few 20-year-old major leaguers have made the kind of impact Mike Trout is having on the Los Angeles Angels. The Detroit Tigers found out firsthand Tuesday night, and will look to limit the enigmatic rookie when the teams clash Wednesday in the third contest of their four-game set at Comerica Park. Trout has been sensational so far in the series, hitting 5-for-10 with a homer, three RBIs and four runs scored.

Detroit right-hander Doug Fister is latest pitcher entrusted with the task of silencing Trout and the rest of the vaunted Angels lineup. Fister has been stronger of late after struggling for most of the previous two months. He is opposed by left-hander C.J. Wilson, who has been every bit as good as the Angels hoped he would be when they signed him away from the rival Texas Rangers in the offseason.

TV: 7:05 p.m. ET, FSW (Los Angeles), FSD (Detroit)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Angels LH C.J. Wilson (9-5, 2.43 ERA) vs. Tigers RH Doug Fister (3-6, 4.39 ERA)

Wins have been hard to come by of late - Wilson is just 0-1 with two no-decisions in his last three starts - but the 31-year-old isn't to blame. He has allowed three earned runs or fewer in all but one of his 19 starts on the campaign and is 6-2 with a 2.07 ERA in 12 road outings. The Tigers are one of the few teams to have given Wilson fits over his career; he's just 0-1 with a 5.56 ERA in 11 appearances (one start).

Fister is coming off back-to-back victories, the latter an impressive seven-inning stint in Baltimore where he limited the Orioles to a run on three hits while striking out eight. Prior to the consecutive wins, the 28-year-old had dropped three straight outings while allowing 19 runs in 14 1/3 frames. Fister is no stranger to the Angels, going 1-3 with a 3.95 ERA in six career starts. He has allowed just two home runs in 41 innings against them.

WALK-OFFS

1. Trout has scored a run in nine consecutive games, five off the franchise record set by Jim Edmonds in 1995.

2. The Tigers' current roster is hitting just .212 against Wilson.

3. Detroit OF Austin Jackson failed to score a run Tuesday, ending his streak of crossing the plate at 13 games. It was the longest such streak by a Tigers player since Johnny Groth achieved the feat in 1951.