The Los Angeles Angels played two split-squad games Monday afternoon as they took on the Cincinnati Reds in Goodyear, Arizona and hosted the Chicago White Sox in Tempe. The Angels sent Matt Shoemaker to the mound for the 2nd time this Spring hoping he would take a step forward in the battle for a rotation spot. Unfortunately for Shoemaker he didn’t fair to well giving up seven runs including three home runs on 10 hits in three innings pitched as the Reds built a 7-0 lead and then held on for an 8-5 victory.
Shoemaker gave up a run in the first on a Jay Bruce RBI-single as the Reds took a 1-0 lead.