THE GAME: The Angels scored a run in the first and then nothing else till the ninth in a 14-2 loss to the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday at Goodyear Ballpark.
PITCHING REPORT: LHP Reid Detmers gave up two runs in two innings. He allowed three hits in the first inning, but then pitched a 1-2-3 second inning. Detmers said he had a little extra adrenaline from his first inning of competition of the spring, but otherwise felt no difference from the first to second innings. “It was good. The first one you just want to go out there and throw strikes and fill up the zone and have your stuff feel good. I can’t complain. Everything I threw felt good. My body felt good. I felt like I was moving well.” … RHP Chase Silseth gave up a homer to Steven Kwan on his first pitch on his way to allowing four runs in the third inning. Silseth was pulled after throwing 24 pitches and recording one out. Silseth returned to the mound in the fourth, which is permitted in spring training games, and he pitched a perfect inning on 10 pitches. Manager Ron Washington said Silseth, who missed the end of last season with an elbow injury was “out of sorts. He hasn’t pitched in a while. It’s a different animal when you get on the mound and someone is standing in the box thinking with you. It’s not a bullpen. It’s not a live (BP).” … RHP Dakota Hudson pitched two scoreless innings, striking out three. Hudson was once one of the most promising young pitchers in the majors, but he’s struggled over the past few years and is now on a minor-league deal.
HITTING REPORT: The first two automated ball-strike system (ABS) challenges of the spring for the Angels occurred during the same Ryan Noda plate appearance in the fourth inning. First, Cleveland catcher Dom Nuñez challenged a 2-2 pitch that was ruled a ball, and the call was upheld. The next pitch was called strike three, but Noda challenged and won, drawing a walk. Later in the game, a Guardians hitter won a challenge on a pitch that was shown to be less than a half an inch outside. In the ninth inning, Christian Moore challenged a third strike that would have ended the game. It was reversed and he walked, extending the game for the Angels to score a run. … Noda has already walked four times in his first six plate appearances of the spring. He also doubled. … Scott Kingery led off the game with a double and he scored on a Mickey Moniak single.
DEFENSE REPORT: C Chuckie Robinson made a nice play pouncing on a dribbler up the third base line and then throwing to first to get the out. … LF Matthew Lugo dropped a popup, allowing a run to score. … CF Mickey Moniak made a sliding catch on the warning track in left-center. … RF Randy DeJesus threw out a runner at the plate, with C Sebastian Rivero reaching back to make a nice tag.
UP NEXT: Angels (RHP Kyle Hendricks) vs. San Francisco Giants (RHP Mason Black), Monday, 12:05 p.m. PT, at Tempe Diablo Stadium, FanDuel Sports Network West, 830 AM