Bobby Abreu hits a two-run home run in Angels’ 4-3 victory over Giants

AT THE PLATE: Bobby Abreu followed Erick Aybar’s third-inning single with a towering two-run home run to right field against starter Barry Zito. Aybar, who seems to be warming to his new leadoff role, also walked twice, once to spark a two-run rally in the sixth inning that included Torii Hunter’s run-scoring double to left field and Hideki Matsui’s run-scoring single to right field.

ON THE MOUND: Three of the Angels’ front-line relievers looked sharp, Kevin Jepsen retiring the side in order with one strikeout in the seventh inning; Scot Shields, pitching on consecutive days for the first time this spring, throwing a hitless eighth, and Fernando Rodney striking out two of three batters in the ninth inning for the save.

EXTRA BASES: Third baseman Brandon Wood made two outstanding plays, a bare-handed grab of Andres Torres’ bunt and off-balance throw to first base in the first inning and a long throw to first after ranging deep behind the bag for Buster Posey’s grounder in the second inning. Left fielder David Aldridge made a nice running catch of Juan Uribe’s eighth-inning drive to the gap.

UP NEXT: Ervin Santana, scratched from his last start because of an inflamed bursa sac on his throwing elbow, is scheduled to return to the rotation for Sunday’s 1 p.m. game against the Cleveland Indians in Tempe, Ariz.

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— Mike DiGiovanna