03/30/09 7:00 PM ET
Morales finishes just shy of cycle in win
Weaver pitches six solid frames; Napoli, Aybar hit back-to-back homers
By Lyle Spencer / MLB.com
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at Tempe, Ariz.
Monday, March 30
Angels at the plate: Vladimir Guerrero drove in four runs with a three-run double and sacrifice fly. Mike Napoli and Erick Aybar cracked back-to-back homers, the third of the spring for both players. The sizzling Aybar also singled and scored. Kendry Morales tripled, doubled and singled, driving in three runs. Chone Figgins tripled, singled and walked, stealing his eighth base. Torii Hunter doubled and singled. Gary Matthews Jr. had a pair of RBI singles.
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White Sox at the plate: Carlos Quentin doubled and scored, and hit a sacrifice fly. Josh Fields and DeWayne Wise each doubled and singled.
Angels on the mound: Jered Weaver delivered his longest and most efficient effort of the spring, yielding three runs (one earned) on five hits and two walks, striking out one man. Darren Oliver pitched a scoreless seventh, yielding a pair of singles. White Sox on the mound: Coming off a strong effort against the Royals, Bartolo Colon was knocked around by his former teammates. The big right-hander yielded seven earned runs on 11 hits in four innings, including a pair of homers, two triples and a double. He walked one and struck out one. Jose Contreras also struggled, surrendering six earned runs on seven hits over four innings, striking out four and walking two men. Cactus League records: Angels 23-6-1; White Sox 14-17-1. Up next: The Angels travel to Mesa on Tuesday to face the Cubs at 1:05 p.m. PT. Right-hander Nick Adenhart, tuning up for a projected start in the opening week of the season, will face left-hander Sean Marshall of the Cubs. Adenhart is 2-0 with a 3.26 ERA this spring. He has yielded a total of two earned runs in his past two outings, covering 11 innings, with nine strikeouts against three walks. Brian Fuentes, Scot Shields and Kevin Jepsen are scheduled to follow Adenhart. Fuentes, searching for command of his breaking ball, has a 9.53 Cactus League ERA, but five of the six earned runs he has yielded came in one game against the Padres.Lyle Spencer is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.












