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ANGELS 2018 SPRING TRAINING NOTES CINCINNATI REDS (6111) @ LOS ANGELES ANGELS (711) March 12, 2018 Tempe Diablo Stadium TV: Fox Sports West, NHK Radio: AM830 KLAA Spring Game #19 Home Game #9 (44) TODAY’S CONTEST TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER RHP GARRETT RICHARDS LEADING OFF : The Angels play their 19th of 33 Spring Training games today as 2018 SPRING TRAINING: 00, 2.00 ERA the Club hosts the Cincinna Reds in Tempe…The star ng pitching matchup 2017 REGULAR SEASON: 02, 2.28 ERA features Angels RHP Garre Richards against Cincinna righthander Homer • Today’s game marks fourth appearance (all starts) of the Spring...Entering eighth Bailey...Today’s contest is the ninth of 15 games at Tempe Diablo Stadium. Major League season with Angels. • Allowed one run in four innings in last start Wednesday vs. Dodgers...Worked ANGELS/REDS: Today’s contest is the second and fi nal mee ng this Spring between three scoreless innings on March 2 vs. Cubs in Tempe...Made Spring debut Feb. the Halos and Reds...The Angels won the fi rst contest by a 75 score on March 25 vs. San Diego in Tempe; only run allowed was solo HR by Aus n Hedges. 5 in Goodyear...The Clubs will not meet during the 2018 regular season...The • Limited to six starts in 2017...Was on disabled list from Apr. 6 Sept. 5 with a Angels lead the all me regular season series with Cincinna 84 and swept the right biceps strain suff ered in season debut Apr. 5 vs. Oakland. last regular season mee ng, Aug. 2931, 2016 at Angel Stadium. • Allowed twoor-fewer earned runs in fi ve of six starts in 2017...Held opposing hi ers to a .180 (18/100) ba ng average against. HOT SPRINGS: INF David Fletcher has posted a .367 (11/30) ba ng average which • VS. CINCINNATI : In two career regular season appearances (both in relief) vs. ranks eighth in the Cactus League among qualifi ers...He also ranks fi h in the Reds, has tossed 2.2 scoreless innings...Both ou ngs came in 2013 during the Cactus League in OBP (.441)...INF Colin Walsh has homered three mes this opening series of the regular season. Spring, which leads the Halos and is ed for eighth most in the Cactus League. • In 154 career regular season games (99 starts) for Angels, is 4034 with two saves, a 3.53 ERA (668.1 IP 262 ER) and 558 strikeouts. YESTERDAY’S RECAP: Yesterday, the Angels defeated the Texas Rangers by a 43 • Since 2014, average fastball velocity of 96.5 MPH ranks fourth in the Majors score at Tempe Diablo Stadium...OF Jus n Upton hit a threerun home run in (min. 400 IP), according to FanGraphs. the sixth inning to give the Angels the lead...RHP JC Ramirez allowed one run • Originally selected by Angels in fi rst round (42nd overall) of 2009 First-Year on one hit with no walks and six strikeouts across 4.1 innings pitched...His only Player Dra out of University of Oklahoma. hit allowed was a solo HR by Nomar Mazara ...RHP Keynan Middleton earned the win a er allowing one run in 1.2 innings of relief work...RHP Adam Hofacket RICHARDS’ 2018 SPRING TRAINING DAYBYDAY picked up his fi rst save of the Spring with one scoreless inning in relief. DATE OPP WL ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO INTRASQUAD GAME TOMORROW: Tomorrow morning, the Angels will host an 2/25 SD 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 intrasquad game at 10 a.m. at Tempe Diablo Stadium... The Angels clubhouse 3/2 CHC 3 2 0 0 0 1 2 will be open to the media from 9-10 a.m ...LHP Tyler Skaggs and RHP Nick 3/7 LAD 4 2 1 1 0 0 7 Tropeano are scheduled to be the star ng pitchers... Shohei Ohtani is also TOTALS 00 2.00 9 5 2 2 1 2 12 scheduled to play DH. MEDICAL UPDATES: A er being removed from Thursday’s game vs. Oakland ANGELS SCHEDULED TO PITCH TODAY at Hohokam Stadium, INF Andrelton Simmons underwent an MRI on his RHP Jim Johnson RHP Blake Wood LHP John Lamb le shoulder that night in Arizona...The results of the imaging showed a le LHP Ian Krol shoulder strain...He is considered day to day...INF Jefry Marte has not appeared in a game for Halos since leaving the contest on March 3 vs. Sea le in Peoria with right groin ghtness. 2017 IN REVIEW ROSTER MOVES: Yesterday morning, the Angels op oned Michael Hermosillo and The Angels completed 2017 with an 8082 mark, in second place in the A.L. West Eduardo Paredes to TripleA Salt Lake and op oned Jake Jewell to DoubleA (21.0)…LAA fi nished under .500 in consecu ve full seasons for fi rst me since Mobile...Following the game, Adam Hofacket and Branden Pinder were 199293 and a sub .500 record for just fourth me in last 14 seasons…Club was reassigned to minor league camp...Saturday, the Angels reassigned Taylor not eliminated from playoff conten on un l Game #158 (fi nished 5.0 games Ward and Vicente Campos to minor league camp and op oned Jaime Barria to back of Wild Card)…LAA was 3937 against A.L. West, 1123 vs. A.L. Central, TripleA Salt Lake...Friday, the Halos reassigned Jahmai Jones to minor league 1913 vs. A.L. East and 119 against Na onal League opponents...Angels’ 47 comeback wins led MLB (also ed Club record set in 2009)…Halos also set a Club camp, op oned Dayan Diaz and Troy Scribner to TripleA Salt Lake and op oned record and paced the MLB with 10 comeback victories when trailing by four or Jesus Cas llo to DoubleA Mobile...Thursday, the Angels reassigned Jack Kruger more runs… Albert Pujols became ninth player in MLB history to hit 600 home and Michael Barash to minor league camp...The Halos have 47 players remaining runs and also reached 100 RBI for 14th me in career…SS Andrelton Simmons in big league camp. and C Mar n Maldonado were named winners of 2017 A.L. Gold Glove Awards and Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Awards, while OF Jus n Upton earned DOWN ON THE FARM : Angels Minor League had their fi rst fullsquad workout on a Silver Slugger Award…RHP Parker Bridwell led A.L. rookies with 10 wins... Saturday in Tempe...Halos minor leaguers will play their fi rst exhibi on games Bullpen led MLB and set a team record with 36 relief wins…Club led MLB with on March 15 against the Cincinna Reds. 136 stolen bases…Angels reached the three million mark in home a endance (3,019,585) for the 15th consecu ve season. SHOHALO: RHP/DH Shohei Ohtani joins the Angels New Angels in 2018 this season a er spending the last fi ve years with the Luke Bard, RHP NipponHam Fighters of the Japanese Pacifi c League... Jabari Blash, OF THIS ‘N’ THAT The fi ve me NPB AllStar, was the 2016 Pacifi c League Zack Cozart, INF BROADCAST INFO : In 2018, the Angels will have 31 Spring Training games airing MVP and is a three me winner of a “Best Nine Award” Dayan Diaz, RHP Jim Johnson, RHP on television, with Fox Sports West carrying 26 games, Prime Ticket televising (twice as a pitcher and once at DH)...In 85 career games four games and KCOP airing one game...The games will also be available for live (82 starts) as a pitcher for the Fighters, he compiled a Ian Kinsler, INF Shohei Ohtani, RHP/DH streaming via FOX Sports GO via mobile, tablet and connected devices... Terry 4215 record and 2.52 ERA (543 IP – 152 ER) with 624 Felix Peña, RHP Smith and Jose Mota will team up to call the ac on from Arizona...Immediately strikeouts...In his fi ve seasons at the plate, Ohtani has Rene Rivera, C following game coverage, “Angels Live” will off er a postgame recap with Kent ba ed .286 (296/1035) with 70 doubles, four triples, Chris Young, OF French who will rotate at the host posi on with Patrick O’Neal and Mota 48 home runs and 166 RBI. throughout the schedule to lead discussions alongside Analyst Mark Gubicza and Mota...When the Angels return to Southern California on March 25 for MACHINE HISTORY: Albert Pujols enters 2018 just 32 hits shy of becoming the their fi nal three exhibi on games, Victor Rojas will take over television playby- 32nd member of the 3000 hit club...He will begin the year ranking seventh all play du es alongside Gubicza as the pair begin their ninth season together as me in HR (614), eighth in RBI (1918), 10th in total bases (5461) and 12th in the Angels television announcing team... Alex Curry will report throughout the doubles (619). Freeway Series. OPENING DAY NOTES: The Halos will square off with the Oakland Athle cs on TEMPE TRADITION: 2018 represents the Angels’ 26th Spring Training campaign Opening Day (Oakland Coliseum – March 29)…Marks second consecu ve in Tempe, AZ (since 1993)…Tempe Diablo Stadium is the oldest ballpark in the Opening Day mee ng and sixth overall between Angels and A’s...Last season, Cactus League...Halos have drawn over 100,000 fans to Tempe Diablo Stadium in Oakland won Opening Day mee ng by a 42 score at the Coliseum...Angels are 12 of the last 14 seasons…LAA set a franchise Spring Training home a endance 23 all me vs.