Schimpf hits first long ball of spring

Ryan Schimpf blasts a solo home run to right-center field in the bottom of the 5th, cutting the deficit to 2-1Angels right-hander Ricky Nolasco proved that he is ready to get the season started. Nolasco, who has already secured his spot in the rotation, surrendered two runs in 6 1/3 innings. He retired 10 of 11 at one point.

C.J. Cron put the Angels on top with a first-inning single off Padres starter Luis Perdomo, and Ben Revere tacked on the second run in the fifth with a perfectly executed squeeze bunt. Cron is hitting .340 this spring.

Perdomo continued his push for a starting job with five innings of two-run ball. It wasn't his sharpest outing of the spring, but he worked out of trouble…