Gregorio Petit hits two homers in Angels’ 6-3 win over Cleveland
Angels’ Gregorio Petit, right, celebrates with teammate CJ Cron after hitting his second home run of the game during a spring training game against the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday in Goodyear, Ariz.
Angels 6, Cleveland 3
AT THE PLATE: Gregorio Petit hit two home runs. Petit, 31, is a nonroster infielder with two home runs in 193 major league at-bats. … Right fielder Kole Calhoun doubled and drove in two runs. ... The spring averages for the Angels’ starting outfield: Daniel Nava .565, Mike Trout .440, Calhoun .357.
ON THE MOUND: Nick Tropeano started and gave up three runs and four hits in four innings; four relievers combined to give up no runs and one hit in the final five innings. Tropeano, who could fit into the back end of the starting rotation, gave up two home runs — one to Mike Napoli, the former Angel who has a 1.126 career on-base-plus-slugging percentage against his original team.
EXTRA BASES: Jered Weaver, pitching with diminished velocity and what he says is a bulging disk, had wanted to start in a Cactus League game Saturday. Instead, he’ll throw Sunday in a minor league game, where the Angels can monitor his pitch count by starting and stopping innings as they please. He has faced 22 batters this spring, giving up three home runs and striking out three.
UP NEXT: Rockies on Thursday; 1 p.m. at Salt River Fields. TV: FS West; Radio: 830.
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