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ANGELS 2017 SPRING TRAINING NOTES LOS ANGELES ANGELS (106) @ KANSAS CITY ROYALS (89) March 14, 2017 Surprise Stadium TV: Fox Sports West Radio: AM830 KLAA Spring Game #17 Road Game #7 (42) TODAY’S CONTEST TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER RHP MATT SHOEMAKER LEADING OFF : The Angels play their 17th of 35 Spring Training games today as 2017 SPRING TRAINING: 00, 9.00 ERA the Club visits the Kansas City Royals…The star ng pitching matchup features 2016 REGULAR SEASON: 913, 3.88 ERA Angels RHP Ma Shoemaker against righthander Ian Kennedy for Kansas City... Today’s contest is the seventh of 15 scheduled Cactus League road games for • Making third start of Spring...Allowed three earned runs on fi ve hits with no the Halos…The Angels will also play a Spring Training road game on April 1 at walks and six strikeouts in last start on March 9 at Cleveland...Allowed two Dodger Stadium to close out exhibi on play. earned runs on two hits with two walks and two strikeouts in two IP in Spring debut March 3 vs. Milwaukee. HOT SPRINGS: Shane Robinson has begun the Spring ba ng .450 (9/20) with one • Spring start on March 3 marked fi rst game ac on since Sept. 4, 2016 at Sea le, double, two triples, fi ve RBI and two walks.... C.J. Cron has homered in each when he was struck on right side of head by a line drive off bat of Kyle Seager in of his last two games, has hits in nine of his last 10 games and is ba ng .419 2nd inning...Underwent seasonending surgery (Dr. Manuel Ferreira) that night (13/31) in Cactus League play... Manny Banuelos has worked 6.2 scoreless at Sea le’s Harborview Medical Center. innings across three appearances (one start). • Entering fi h Major League season (fourth full year)...Owns a career record of 3227 with a 3.75 ERA (436.1 IP 182 ER) in 80 games (72 starts) for the Angels. ANGELS/ROYALS: Today is the fi rst of two mee ngs this Spring for the Angels • Last season, went 913 with a 3.88 ERA (160 IP 69 ER) and 143 strikeouts in 27 against Kansas City...They will meet again on March 26 at Tempe Diablo starts for the Angels. Stadium...Last year, the Angels won fi ve of six regular season mee ngs against • Was A.L. Pitcher of the Week for July 1016, a er tossing fi rst career complete the Royals to win the season series for the fi rst me since 2013...The teams will game and shutout on July 16 vs. White Sox. meet seven mes in the 2017 regular season: April 1416 at Kauff man Stadium • VS. KANSAS CITY : In four career regular season starts vs. Kansas City, is 03 with and June 1518 at The Big A. an 11.34 ERA (16.2 IP 21 ER) and 9 strikeouts. • Set franchise record in 2016 with streak of 49 consecu ve strikeouts without a ROSTER NOTE: Yesterday, the Angels op oned LHP Nate Smith and LHP Greg walk...Since 1974, that mark was matched by only Curt Schilling, Greg Maddux Mahle to TripleA Salt Lake, op oned RHP Eduardo Paredes to DoubleA Mobile and Pedro Mar nez. and reassigned C Jose Briceno and RHP Drew Gagnon to minor league camp.... • Na ve of Wyando e, MI...Ma and wife Danielle, welcomed second child The Angels now have 57 ac ve players in Major League camp. (daughter, Emmy) on Oct. 2, 2016. ANGELS SCHEDULED TO PITCH TODAY YESTERDAY’S RECAP: The Angels were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers RHP Daniel Wright RHP Keynan Middleton RHP Jus n Miller yesterday a ernoon by a 31 score at Tempe Diablo Stadium... Albert Pujols hit RHP Mike Morin RHP Blake Parker LHP Chris O’Grady his fi rst home run of the Spring with a solo shot off Kenta Maeda in the 2nd RHP Sam Holland inning...Ma Williams and Shane Robinson provided the only other hits for the Halos off ense... Ricky Nolasco was charged with the loss a er allowing three ROSTER RUNDOWN earned runs across four innings pitched...Angels relievers combined to work fi ve scoreless innings. The Angels entered Spring Training 2017 with a franchise record 69 players in big league camp (previous high was 67 players in 2001, ‘09 & ‘14)…The 29 non ANGELS IN THE WBC: INF Andrelton Simmons is currently compe ng for the roster invitees are also a franchise record (previous was 28 in 2010)...19 “home Netherlands in Pool E of the WBC in Tokyo, Japan...LHP Jose Alvarez , RHP Deolis grown” players are in camp, who have remained with the Halos a er originally Guerra and RHP Yusmeiro Pe t are all members of the Venezuelan squad, being dra ed or signed by the Club…Total of 14 former fi rst round dra picks, playing in Pool F in San Diego...Addi onally, Angels fi rst base coach Alfredo including 2016’s Ma Thaiss (16th overall)…21 players represent seven foreign Griffi n is a member of the coaching staff for the Dominican Republic. countries: 11 from Venezuela, four from the Dominican Republic, two from Puerto Rico and one each from Cuba, Curacao, Mexico and Nicaragua…Youngest STREAK SNAPPED: The Angels loss to the White Sox on March 4 snapped an 18 player in camp is Ma Thaiss (21), oldest is Albert Pujols (37)…17 players in game unbeaten streak (1602) in Spring Training play, which dated back to camp have no MLB service me; four are on 40man roster…12 of 69 players in March 21, 2016.. camp were born in Southern California. 2016 IN REVIEW IN THE DUGOUT: Manager Mike Scioscia enters his 18th season at the helm of the Halos and is the longest New Angels in 2017 The Angels completed 2016 with a 7488 (.457) record in fourth place in the tenured skipper in the Majors...This season, Alfredo Aus n Adams, RHP A.L. West (21 games behind Texas)...Halos fi nished with a sub .500 record for Vicente Campos, RHP Griffi n returns to First Base Coach a er spending just third me in last 13 seasons (74 wins were fewest since 70 in 1999)…LAA Jesse Chavez, RHP fi nished below third place for fi rst me since 1999 (4th)...Halos used 53 players the last two years as the Angels Infi eld Coach (Griffi n Danny Espinosa, INF previously served as First Base Coach for LAA from Nolan Fontana, INF in 2016 (55 on ac ve roster), including 15 diff erent star ng pitchers this season 200015)...Also returning to Scioscia’s staff in 2017, Ryan LaMarre, OF (most in A.L.)...Angels set a new American League record with 24 diff erent are: Dino Ebel (Bench Coach), Charles Nagy (Pitching Mar n Maldonado, C winning pitchers...Mike Trout captured his second career A.L. MVP Award a er Coach), Dave Hansen (Hi ng Coach), Ron Roenicke Cameron Maybin, OF leading MLB in runs (123), walks (116) & OBP (.441)...Trout also represented (Third Base Coach), Sco Radinsky ( Bullpen Coach), Brooks Pounders, RHP Club at AllStar Game in San Diego... Albert Pujols paced LAA with 31 home runs Paul Sorrento (Assistant Hi ng Coach), Steve Soliz Ben Revere, OF and climbed to ninth place all me with 591 career HR...Angels drew 3,016,142 Luis Valbuena, INF fans to Angel Stadium, marking the 14th consecu ve season with at least three (Catching & Informa on Coach), Tom Gregorio (Bullpen Kirby Yates, RHP Catcher) and Anel De Los Santos (Bullpen Catcher). million fans. THIS ‘N’ THAT MVP, MVP!: OF Mike Trout enters his sixth full Major League season in 2017...Last season, the 25yearold hit .315 (173/549) with 32 doubles, fi ve triples, 29 home BROADCAST INFO : In 2017, the Angels will have 34 Spring Training games airing runs, 100 RBI and a Major League leading 123 runs scored, 116 walks and .441 on television, with Fox Sports West carrying 31 games, Prime Ticket televising OBP...He earned his second career American League MVP Award, becoming the two games and KCOP airing one game...The games will also be available for live fi rst player to win the award twice in an Angels uniform...Has fi nished in Top Two streaming via FOX Sports GO on phones, tablets and computers... Terry Smith of MVP vo ng each of last fi ve seasons, joining Barry Bonds (200004) as only and Jose Mota will team up to call the ac on from Arizona... Mark Gubicza is players to accomplish the feat...Trout also earned his fi h consecu ve Silver fi lling in for Mota from March 614, while he is calling World Baseball Classic Slugger Award and was selected to his fi h straight AllStar Game. ac on from Jalisco, Mexico...Immediately following game coverage, “Angels Live” will off er postgame analysis with Patrick O’Neal , Alex Curry and Kent WHO WILL BE MR. 1000? : The Angels enter 2017 having used 995 diff erent players French rota ng at the host posi on to lead discussions with analysts Gubicza in franchise history...The fi h player to make their Halos debut this season will and Mota...When the Angels return to Southern California on March 30 for their become the 1,000th diff erent player in Club history. fi nal three exhibi on games, Victor Rojas will take over television playbyplay du es alongside Gubicza as the pair begin their eighth season together as the DOWN ON THE FARM : Angels Minor League players have reported to camp and Angels television announcing team.