THE GAME: The Angels defeated the Oakland Athletics, 6-5, on Tuesday afternoon in Tempe Ariz., when Geovany Soto was walked with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth.
HITTING REPORT: Andrelton Simmons saw his first home run of the spring on a two-run drive to left field in the bottom of the third inning. … Soto hit his third home run of the spring in the eighth. … Ji-Man Choi, who is hitting .224 this spring, struck out twice. He has struck out 13 times in 49 at-bats.
PITCHING REPORT: Hector Santiago put together his longest start of the spring.