{"id":192285,"date":"2026-02-25T01:51:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T01:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/192285\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T01:51:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T01:51:21","slug":"mike-trout-returns-to-center-field-in-angels-victory-over-diamondbacks-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/192285\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Trout returns to center field in Angels\u2019 victory over Diamondbacks \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE GAME: With Mike Trout starting in center field<\/a> for the first time in nearly two years, the Angels jumped to an early lead and held on to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 10-9, on Sunday at Salt River Fields in Scottsdale, Ariz.<\/p>\n

PITCHING REPORT: Right-hander Alek Manoah<\/a> pitched two scoreless innings, facing the minimum six hitters, in his first outing of the spring. Manoah threw only 11 strikes among his 25 pitches, walking two, but he got a pair of double plays to escape. Manoah\u2019s fastball in the first inning was 93-94 mph. \u201cThat\u2019s perfect,\u201d Manoah said. \u201cIt\u2019s a good place to be.\u201d The velocity dipped a little in the second, but Manoah said it was because he was using a slide step with a runner on base. \u2026 Right-hander Hunter Strickland pitched a perfect inning, striking out one. \u2026 Right-hander Walbert Ure\u00f1a gave up a run in his two innings of work. He averaged 98 mph on his fastball and threw one at 100 mph. \u2026 The Angels had a 6-1 lead when right-hander Chase Silseth entered the game in the sixth inning, and he gave up six runs. The five hits he allowed included two doubles and a home run. Silseth is out of options, so he entered the spring with an inside track at a bullpen spot. \u2026 Right-hander Sam Bachman walked the bases loaded while recording only two outs in the seventh. Left-hander Dylan Phillips recorded the final out of the inning to prevent any runs from scoring, holding the one-run lead.<\/p>\n

HITTING REPORT: Trout walked and singled in his first two trips to the plate of the spring. \u201cStuff I\u2019ve been working on in practice, it\u2019s tough to do it in live BPs,\u201d Trout said. \u201cFinally good to be in a stadium with some crowds, get some adrenaline going.\u201d \u2026 Adam Frazier drew a walk and drove in a run with a single. \u2026 Jos\u00e9 Siri hit a 110 mph line drive off the center field fence for a double. He also hit a 103 mph ground ball that Arizona third baseman Nolan Arenado knocked down for an out. \u2026 Niko Kavadas drove in a run with a double off the right field fence and he drove in another with a single to left field. The second restored the Angels\u2019 lead after Silseth\u2019s outing. \u2026 Yolmer Sanchez reached on a bunt single. The Diamondbacks tried to let the ball roll foul, but it stopped on the third base line. \u2026 Juan Flores, the Angels\u2019 20-year-old catching prospect, hit a homer.<\/p>\n

DEFENSE REPORT: Trout was hurt for most of 2024 and played right field before getting hurt and moving to DH in 2025. He said he wants to try to go back to center this season, and Sunday\u2019s game marked his first opportunity. His last start in center was April 29, 2024. Trout handled one routine fly ball in four innings on Sunday. \u201cIt feels good to be out there,\u201d Trout said. \u201cIt\u2019s where I\u2019m comfortable. I just like being out there.\u201d \u2026 First baseman Trey Mancini had two unassisted double plays. He fielded a ground ball in the first, stepped on the bag and then chased down the runner. In the second, he caught a foul pop and the runner had taken off from first. He stepped on the bag for the second out. \u2026 Sanchez, the shortstop, made a sliding play up the middle to record the final out of the game.<\/p>\n

UP NEXT: Rangers (LHP Jack Leiter) at Angels (LHP Reid Detmers) at Tempe Diablo Stadium, Monday, 12:10 p.m. PT, 830 AM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE GAME: With Mike Trout starting in center field for the first time in nearly two years, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,2866,5128,1334,127],"class_list":["post-192285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-los-angeles-angels","tag-mike-trout","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}