/ STAFF WRITER
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Before Thursday’s game, as Mike Scioscia was talking to Kyle Kubitza, he joked with the rookie.
“It can’t be any worse than yesterday,” Scioscia said, “so go get ’em.”
He did.
Kubitza, whose major league debut a day earlier was marred by mental mistakes that proved costly, made amends by delivering one of the biggest hits in the Angels’ 6-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.