Barnes homers, Ryu tosses pair of scoreless frames

March 11th, 2017

PHOENIX -- , and all homered Saturday, as the Dodgers rallied to beat the Angels, 8-2, at Camelback Ranch-Glendale.
struck out four in 2 1/3 scoreless innings for the Angels, while struck out two in a pair of scoreless innings for the Dodgers, in a matchup of starting pitchers coming off injuries.
After Ryu (shoulder and elbow surgeries the last two years) left his Cactus League debut, the Angels scored a two-out run off Dodgers closer in the third on an RBI triple by , which followed a broken-bat double by . The next inning, C.J. Cron homered off Josh Fields for a 2-0 Angels lead.
"I thought Ryu was good," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. "He got his pitch count up, he held his velocity, the fastball life was good, changed locations with it. If we could have envisioned a better outing, this was it."

Richards, who received stem-cell treatment instead of Tommy John surgery last year, threw 48 pitches, but issued back-to-back walks to open the third, which accelerated his departure. cleaned up the inning by getting on a double-play grounder, but Angels right-hander allowed a three-run fifth inning against his former club.
"His stuff was electric," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said of Richards. "That stuff was awesome. … He was upset in the third inning because he lost his release point a little bit. … But he came back and struck [Chase] Utley out."
Chris Taylor had a triple and double for the Dodgers. Cron had two hits for the Angels.
Angels up next: Right-hander will get the start on Sunday as the Angels return to Tempe Diablo Stadium to host the Mariners at 1:10 p.m. PT, live on MLB.TV. The Angels will face Seattle left-hander . Chavez will be making his third start of the spring. He owns a 4.15 ERA this spring, having given up three runs (two earned) on eight hits in 4 1/3 innings, with six strikeouts and no walks.
Dodgers up next: The Dodgers will be busy on Sunday with two games. will pitch the 1:05 p.m. PT game on the road against the Royals, live on MLB.TV, with expected to return to the lineup from a tight hip. Alex Wood will start the night game at Camelback Ranch-Glendale against the White Sox, live on MLB.TV at 7:05 p.m. PT.
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