THE GAME: Grant Green hit a two-run homer against the team that traded him last year, snapping a seventh-inning tie in the Angels’ 6-2 victory over the Oakland A’s on Wednesday at Phoenix Municipal Stadium. The Angels won their final eight Cactus League games to improve to 17-10-2.
PITCHING REPORT: LHP C.J. Wilson, in his final tuneup before starting the second game of the season Tuesday, gave up one run on four hits in seven innings, throwing 99 pitches. The only run he allowed came in the third inning, when he minimized the damage after the A’s loaded the bases with no outs. Wilson finished the spring with a 2.20 ERA.
HITTING REPORT: The Angels managed just one hit in five innings against A’s opening day starter Sonny Gray. Gray had been scheduled to pitch in a minor league game so the Angels didn’t get a free look at him, but they switched because the Angels had none of their everyday players in the lineup. … C Hank Conger tripled, his first extra-base hit of the spring. He is hitting .133. … DH Brennan Boesch hit his first homer of the spring.
DEFENSE REPORT: Conger made a perfect throw to second to nail a runner trying to advance on a pitch in the dirt. … CF Collin Cowgill made a diving catch. … RF Matt Long made a sliding catch in foul territory. … 3B Kaleb Cowart made a diving stop.
UP NEXT: Angels (Hector Santiago) vs. Dodgers (Zack Greinke), 7 p.m., Thursday, Dodger Stadium
