{"id":512307,"date":"2026-03-09T04:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T04:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/512307\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T04:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T04:15:12","slug":"angels-rally-for-victory-over-rangers-give-up-lead-in-loss-to-as-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/512307\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels rally for victory over Rangers, give up lead in loss to A\u2019s \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE GAMES: The Angels came from behind to beat the Texas Rangers, 10-7, on Sunday in Surprise, Ariz., while their other squad gave up a lead in a 7-4 loss to the Athletics in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

PITCHING REPORT: In Surprise, right-hander Victor Mederos gave up a grand slam in the first inning after walking two straight hitters to load the bases. Mederos followed that with two scoreless innings. Mederos is most likely ticketed for the Triple-A rotation. \u2026. Right-hander Sam Bachman worked two scoreless innings, striking out five. He threw 33 pitches, and 15 of them were whiffs or called strikes. Bachman has not allowed a run in any of his first three games this spring. \u201cHe\u2019s been throwing the ball really good,\u201d manager Kurt Suzuki said. \u201cMultiple (innings) today. Velocity (98 mph fastball average) was good. He threw some sliders, changeups. He was good today.\u201d \u2026 Right-hander Trey Gregory-Alford, 19, pitched in his first big league spring training game. One of the Angels\u2019 top pitching prospects, Gregory-Alford, allowed a two-run homer in his first inning, but added a perfect second. His fastball averaged 97 mph and topped at 99 mph. Although he got too much of the plate in his first inning, he threw 20 strikes among his 29 pitches. \u201cHe was attacking,\u201d Suzuki said. \u201cHe wasn\u2019t afraid, which, for a 19-year-old in a big league spring training game, was pretty cool to see.\u201d\u2026 In Las Vegas, right-hander Jack Kochanowicz gave up one run in four innings, facing the top half of the A\u2019s everyday lineup. Nick Kurtz, Jacob Wilson, Tyler Soderstrom and Brent Rooker combined to go 1-for-8 against Kochanowicz. Kochanowicz struck out two and didn\u2019t walk anyone. He threw first-pitch strikes to 10 of the 14 hitters he faced, correcting a problem he\u2019d worked around in his earlier outings. Kochanowicz, who is fighting for the No. 5 spot in the rotation, has a 2.08 ERA in 8\u2154 innings this spring. \u2026 Right-hander Kaleb Ort entered with a 3-2 lead in the seventh and gave up three runs.<\/p>\n

HITTING REPORT: In Surprise, Jeimer Candelario<\/a> hit a triple off the top of the center field fence, narrowly missing a homer. Candelario hit a 108 mph lineout in his first at-bat. \u2026 Facing Rangers ace Nathan Eovaldi, the Angels had five outs that were hit at least 100 mph, including two from Vaughn Grissom \u2026 The Angels trailed by four runs in the seventh, when they scored six runs, including five against Rangers\u2019 right-hander Alexis Diaz. They drew three walks and had a batter hit by a pitch in the inning. \u2026 In Las Vegas, Logan O\u2019Hoppe hit a two-run homer, his third of the spring. No one else on the Angels has more than one homer this spring. O\u2019Hoppe is hitting .292 (7 for 24) with an 1.143 OPS this spring. \u2026 Oswald Peraza had three hits, including a homer and a double. He also stole two bases. Peraza, who is out of options, is hitting .320 (8 for 25) with a 1.090 OPS this spring.<\/p>\n

DEFENSE REPORT: In Tempe, left fielder Raudi Rodriguez made a diving catch. \u2026 Second baseman Donovan Walton made a nice pick of catcher Sebastian Rivero\u2019s throw in the dirt, nailing a runner stealing second \u2026 Left fielder Yolmer Sanchez, who is normally a middle infielder, threw out a runner trying to take third on a fly ball.<\/p>\n

UP NEXT: Angels (RHP Jos\u00e9 Soriano) at Giants (LHP Robbie Ray), Monday, 1:05 p.m. PT, Scottsdale Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE GAMES: The Angels came from behind to beat the Texas Rangers, 10-7, on Sunday in Surprise, Ariz.,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[2322,363,99],"class_list":["post-512307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-los-angeles-angels","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}