Star outfielder Mike Trout took the stand Tuesday in the wrongful death case brought against the Los Angeles Angels, describing how he offered to help former communications staffer Eric Kay with what Trout believed was a drug problem prior to Kay providing pitcher Tyler Skaggs with a counterfeit pill that led to his death.

Trout, during several hours of testimony in Orange County Superior Court, described how a clubhouse attendant warned him that money Kay had won in bets with players could be going to “a bad purpose.”

“First thing that came to my mind was drugs,” Trout said. “That was what I got out of it. I don’t know what kind of drugs.”

Kay — whose job included setting up media interviews and autograph signings with players — at times seemed “off” in the clubhouse, Trout said, des

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