Sam McDonnell drilled two RBI singles including the one that drove-in what proved to be the winning run, as the Angels rallied for five runs over their final four AB to edge the Cubs 5-4 in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action this morning at Tempe Diablo Stadium in Tempe, AZ.
Rafael Mejia belted a two-run double and a single, scored a run, and knocked-in a third run with a 6-3 GO for the Cubs in as losing cause.
RHSP Aaron Brooks (on Cubs MLB 15-day DL since Spring Training with a hip contusion) made a rehab start for the Cubs and tossed three shutout innings (32 pitches), allowing a lead-off single in the bottom of the 1st (erased on a CS) before easily retiring the next eight in a row (3-U, K, K, L-8, P-3, 4-3, 1-3, K).