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Shohei Ohtani has been on fire for more than two weeks, and now fellow superstar Mike Trout is starting to heat up as well.

Ohtani homered again on Sunday, extending his hit streak to 15 games while also recording an extra-base hit in his seventh consecutive contest -- which is tied for the third-longest extra-base streak in club history.

Trout also went deep in the 5-2 win over the Royals. He is batting .292/.471/.500 with one homer, two doubles and four RBIs over his past seven games.

Ohtani leads the Majors with 24 homers this season, and his hot streak has coincided with an impressive run for the Angels, who have won 11 of 14 and hold a 41-33 record. If Trout can get it going as well, it will be huge for the Angels, who host the Dodgers for a two-game series that starts on Tuesday before heading to Colorado for a three-game set this weekend.

“You can’t win games with just two guys, but if there were any two back-to-back that could do it, it’s these two,” Angels manager Phil Nevin said. “And they can carry a team for quite a while. When your superstars step up in big places, it gives everyone else around you a lot of confidence. We know we can compete with anybody.”

Trout, 31, was having a solid year even before his offensive resurgence. He's batting .257/.364/.479 with 15 homers and 39 RBIs in 69 games. Those stats aren't up to his usual lofty standards, but Trout believes he’s fixed something with his swing, which has allowed him to catch up to fastballs and drive the ball with authority.

“I’ve been feeling a lot better with the results the last couple of days,” Trout said. “[I felt things change Saturday], to tell you the truth. The biggest thing was that I wasn’t loading, I was just gliding forward. I had nothing behind [my swing], that’s why I was under everything.

Ohtani’s latest homer was absolutely crushed, leaving his bat at a Statcast-projected 117.1 mph for his hardest-hit ball this season.

“[Ohtani] has hit some far ones, but that may have been the loudest one,” Nevin said. “It looked like he was sitting on that curveball, got it on a good part of the bat and smoked it. It was a nice series, a nice road trip for Sho.” 

Trout followed with a solo blast of his own, marking the 28th time that the two have homered in the same game. It tied Tim Salmon and Garret Anderson for the second-most by a duo in Angels history. Albert Pujols and Trout lead that list with 48 games.

The Angels are 20-8 all-time and 6-0 this year when Trout and Ohtani homer in the same game.

Ohtani, the AL MVP in 2021 and the runner-up last year, is hitting .300/.384/.632 with 24 homers, 15 doubles, three triples, 10 stolen bases and 58 RBIs in 72 games. In 14 starts on the mound, he's posted a 6-2 record with a 3.29 ERA and 105 strikeouts, 35 walks and 11 homers allowed in 82 innings. He’s the only player in history to lead the Majors in homers as a hitter and batting average against as a pitcher at the same time.

“Obviously, what Shohei has been doing the past two weeks is unbelievable,” Trout said. “But we have guys stepping up. It’s fun to be a part of.”

Ohtani’s next start on the mound will come on Wednesday against the Dodgers. Left-hander Reid Detmers will now start the series opener on Tuesday, as the Angels used Jaime Barria in relief on Sunday and they don’t need him in the six-man rotation until June 28.