Thursday’s recap

Angels 10, Rockies 8 At Salt River Fields DJ LeMahieu — quietly, of course — is having an excellent spring for the Rockies. The second baseman is batting 13- for- 29 (. 448) with four doubles and a home run.

But there was nothing quiet about his home run — a fourthinning grand slam Thursday against Angels right- hander Kenyan Middleton. LeMahieu worked through a nine- pitch at- bat before drilling a slider to center field.

“He was throwing really hard, but I finally got a breaking ball to hit,” said LeMahieu, who fought off a 97 mph fastball before swatting his home run. “I feel pretty comfortable at the plate right now.” On the mound

Left- hander Tyler Anderson cruised through his first two innings before giving up a long home run to Mike Trout in the third inning on a 3- 2 pitch. The wheels came off in the fourth when the Angels banged out two more home runs. “He’s working through his stuff,” manager Bud Black said. “He might have tired a little bit in the fourth, which is something you can expect when you have a couple of hard innings. … As we move closer, he’s got to refine his location. Tyler is a pitcher who’s going to have to rely on location.” … Closer Wade Davis gave up a run on two hits, and Yency Almonte took the loss when he gave up a three- run homer with two outs in the ninth.

At the plate

David Dahl, pushing to make the roster, hit his fifth homer, a solo shot that led off the sixth inning and put Colorado ahead 8- 7. … Charlie Blackmon, hitting leadoff, went 2- for- 3 with a double, and Trevor Story ( hitting .448) went 2- for- 3 with an RBI. Worth noting

In his first start of the Cactus League season, Carlos Gonzalez played in right field and went 1for- 3, singling in his first at- bat. Gonzalez came around to score. Up next

Rockies at Angels, Friday at 2: 10 p. m. ( MDT). Rockies RHP German Marquez vs. Angels RHP Shohei Ohtani.