THE GAME: The Angels had only five hits in a 2-1 Cactus League loss to the Chicago White Sox on Thursday in Glendale, Arizona.
PITCHING REPORT: Right-hander Joel Hurtado gave up two runs in 2⅔ innings. Hurtado, the Angels’ No. 22 prospect according to Baseball America, has not pitched above Class-A. He started because right-hander Jack Kochanowicz instead pitched in a minor-league game because the controlled environment ensured the Angels could get him to his required pitch count. Kochanowicz threw 5⅔ scoreless innings, with seven walks and no strikeouts. He threw 68 pitches. … In the major-league game, right-hander Ryan Zeferjahn was not charged with a run in 1⅓ innings, but he allowed a double that drove in both of the runs charged to Hurtado. Zeferjahn has not allowed a run in seven innings this spring. … Right-hander Kenley Jansen pitched a perfect inning against the top three hitters in the White Sox order. It was Jansen’s first outing since March 9. He had been away because of his mother’s death. Jansen has not allowed a run in four innings this spring. … Left-hander Angel Perdomo worked around two walks in a scoreless inning. Perdomo’s fastball averaged 93.8 mph. “I was looking for a little more coming out of his arm,” Manager Ron Washington said. “He made it through his inning. For a minute there I thought it was going to be a long inning where people were being walked, but he came back and found the strike zone.” It was his first outing with the Angels after he was acquired from the Atlanta Braves. Including eight games with the Braves, Perdomo has allowed two runs in 9⅓ innings this spring.
HITTING REPORT: Tim Anderson drove in a run with a single. Anderson is 13 for 48 (.271) this spring. … The Angels had the tying run at third with one outs after Anderson’s single, but Luis Rengifo and Mickey Moniak each struck out. … Mike Trout was hitless in three trips to the plate, with a walk. … Jo Adell singled in his only trip to the plate. Adell has four hits in his last two games after snapping an 0-for-22 skid. … The Angels have scored two runs or fewer in six of their last nine games. “If we can’t put runs on the board we’re in trouble,” Washington said. “No matter how much good pitching we get and how we play defense, the name of the game is scoring runs. We’ve got to score runs.”
DEFENSE REPORT: Right fielder Jorge Soler made a catch at the warning track. … Anderson, the second baseman, made a backhand stop over the middle and a quick throw to first, but it wasn’t in time. … Left fielder Matthew Lugo made a sliding catch of a ball in front of him.
UP NEXT: Angels (RHP Kyle Hendricks) vs. Texas Rangers (TBD), Friday, 12:10 p.m. PT, at Tempe Diablo Stadium, FDSN West, 830 AM
Angels (LHP Yusei Kikuchi) at Colorado Rockies (RHP Antonio Senzatela), Friday, 1:10 p.m. PT, at Salt River Fields