Erick Aybar leads Angels to 10-2 victory over the Royals
Angels 10, Kansas City 2
Tempe, Ariz.
AT THE PLATE:
One of
Erick Aybar’s
four hits came during a four-run third inning, a rally that included
Jeff Mathis’
double,
Brandon Wood’s
RBI double,
Bobby Abreu’s
RBI single, and sacrifice flies by
Hideki Matsui
and
Kendry Morales
.
Juan Rivera
lined an RBI double to left field in the fifth inning, and Wood added an RBI triple to deep center in the sixth.
ON THE MOUND:
Closer
Brian Fuentes
retired the side in order in the eighth inning and has allowed one earned run in 7 2/3 spring innings, but he wasn’t that thrilled with is outing. His fastball was clocked between 89-91 mph, no improvement over his 2009 velocity and a few ticks off his 2008 velocity. “I feel good, whatever that counts for,” Fuentes said. “That’s the biggest thing right now.”
EXTRA BASES:
Joel Pineiro
, known as one of baseball’s better fielding pitchers, knocked down
David DeJesus’
vicious fifth-inning liner and recovered in time to throw to first for the out. … Matsui will start his third spring game in left field Tuesday.
UP NEXT:
Scott Kazmir
is scheduled to start Tuesday’s 1 p.m. game against the Milwaukee Brewers in Tempe.
ON THE AIR:
TV: FS West; Radio: 830.
--Mike DiGiovanna
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