THE GAME: Jo Adell tripled and doubled in the Angels’ 7-7 tie against the Dodgers on Saturday at Tempe Diablo Stadium. The game, which was the Angels first of the spring, drew a sell-out crowd of 9,649. The Angels led until the eighth inning, when the Dodgers scored five runs to take the lead.
PITCHING REPORT: Right-hander Victor Mederos worked two scoreless innings, striking out three. In the first inning, the Dodgers had two on and one out, but Mederos struck out Teoscar Hernandez and got Austin Barnes on a flyout. … Right-hander Davis Daniel gave up one unearned run in two innings, striking out two. … Right-hander Guillo Zuñiga pitched a scoreless inning with two strikeouts. Zuniga, whose fastball reaches 101 mph, was acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals earlier this month. … Left-hander Adam Kolarek gave up a run against one of his former teams. Kolarek allowed two hits and a walk, and he hit a batter. … Minor-league pitchers Joel Hurtado and Michael Darrell-Hicks combined to give up five runs on two hits in the eighth inning.
HITTING REPORT: Adell tripled into the gap in left-center field, driving in a run, in his first at-bat against Dodgers right-hander Tyler Glasnow. “The kid can hit the ball hard,” Angels manager Ron Washington said. “Today he caught one off Glasnow, and people don’t go up there and get that fastball off Glasnow.” Adell then doubled in his second at-bat. Adell homered in his first game of the spring each of the previous two years. … Nolan Schanuel singled in the first inning, but then he got doubled off first base. On a fly ball to right field, the throw went home, and Schanuel didn’t realize Dodgers second baseman Mookie Betts came in behind him to take a throw from first baseman Kevin Padlo, the cutoff man. … Mike Trout hit a pair of fly outs in his two at-bats… Jake Marisnick drove in a run with a double. … Jordyn Adams pulled a double down the left-field line. … Jason Martin hit a two-run homer to tie the game at 7 in the eighth. Martin, a product of Orange Lutheran High, has not played in the majors since 2021. He played in South Korea last season.
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DEFENSE REPORT: Shortstop Zach Neto mishandled a routine grounder behind second base, leading to a run… Second baseman Livan Soto made a backhand play in front of the bag and then a strong throw, just in time to get the third out and leave the bases loaded in the sixth inning.
INJURY REPORT: Infielder Michael Stefanic came out of the game with a left quad strain. He will be re-evaluated Sunday.
UP NEXT: Angels (RHP Andrew Wantz) vs. Royals (LHP Cole Ragans) at Tempe Diablo Stadium, Sunday, 12:10 p.m. PT Sunday, Bally Sports West, 830 AM; Angels (LHP Kenny Rosenberg) vs. Reds (RHP Hunter Greene), at Goodyear Ballpark, 12:05 p.m. Sunday