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Mike Trout hits his first home run of the spring in Angels’ win over Giants

The Angels beat the San Francisco Giants 5-4 on Thursday in seven innings at Tempe Diablo Stadium.

AT THE PLATE: Mike Trout hit his first home run of the spring, launching a two-run blast to the top of the grass berm in left field in the first inning. Dexter Fowler also had his first homer in Cactus League play. Shohei Ohtani singled in his first two at-bats, while Albert Pujols had two doubles and three hits overall. Both improved to seven for 13 this spring.

ON THE MOUND: Griffin Canning started well in his second outing of the spring, retiring the first four batters with two strikeouts.