THE GAME: The Angels misplayed several balls and made two errors on their way to a 15-5 loss to the Texas Rangers on Monday afternoon in Tempe, Ariz. “It was very sloppy,” Manager Ron Washington. “When you go to spring training, a couple of those show up. So far that’s the only one we’ve had. Other than that we were always in the ballgame.”
PITCHING REPORT: Left-hander Patrick Sandoval recorded just seven outs over parts of four innings, re-entering the game in the fourth after getting knocked out in the third. Sandoval issued four walks, gave up five hits and was charged with seven runs. Only four runs were earned. The Angels made one error behind him, but they also failed to make other plays that were ruled hits. “It seemed like he was just having a little problem trying to find a pitch he could go to,” Washington said. “He started off trying to get his fastball. It was scattered. He threw a couple of good changeups and then he lost a feel for that. And his sweeper and his breaking ball, he just couldn’t land anything with any consistency that when he got into trouble he could go to.” … Right-hander Guillo Zuñiga gave up five runs while recording just one out. Zuñiga had allowed only one earned run in his first 5⅔ innings, moving himself into strong contention for a spot in the Opening Day bullpen. … Left-hander Matt Moore pitched a scoreless inning, striking out two. … Right-hander Ben Joyce gave up two runs on two hits and a walk in one inning. He struck out two. Joyce, who is also competing for a bullpen spot, was coming off two straight scoreless outings.
HITTING REPORT: Anthony Rendon and Brandon Drury had back-to-back two-out doubles in the third inning, producing two runs. Drury was then thrown out at the plate trying to score on a Luis Rengifo single. … Rendon walked in his other two trips to the plate. He played two straight games after missing a week with a groin injury. “He had three quality at-bats,” Washington…
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