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Shoemaker pitches well in spring finale

Trailing by two in the eighth, the Angels plated four runs, all with two outs, off Starling Peralta and Stephen Perakslis. Shortstop prospect David Fletcher hit a two-run single and Gregorio Petit did the same on a grounder that never left the infield, paving the way for Javy Guerra to close it out in the ninth.

Russell hit a solo homer to straightaway center field in the third and Rizzo blasted his own deep into the right-field bleachers in the fourth. But Shoemaker gave up only two other baserunners and struck out four in five innings, an encouraging finish to what was otherwise a rough spring for the 29-year-old right-hander.