Angels outscored 14-9 in split-squad losses

Baseball is a funny story; the Angels relievers have looked hot as of late but today they were the Achilles heel for the Angels in both split squad games. The Angels dropped a sure-fire win against the Royals after giving up five runs in the 9th while losing a contest against the Dodgers that seemed doomed from the 5th inning on.

Luis Garcia came into the Dodgers game in the 5th inning and looked like a man who hadn’t picked up a baseball until that very moment in Spring Training. He hasn’t looked this bad at any point in Spring Training, up until today he’s pitched in 4 games and walked only one while allowing just one run. But today? Just 0.1 IP with 2 hits allowed and fourwalks en route…