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Angels beat Indians, 8-4, in Cactus League action

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TEMPE, Ariz.--Robb Quinlan highlighted a five-run eighth inning with a pinch-hit, two-run single to lead the Angels to an 8-4 exhibition victory over the Cleveland Indians today.

Brandon Wood, hoping to carve out a big league role, hit a towering three-run home run to left field off Cleveland starter Carl Pavano in the second inning, as the Angels improved to 10-2 in Cactus League play.

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Angels starter Jered Weaver was roughed up for one run and four hits in 2/3 inning of his first exhibition start of the spring, but Shane Loux, one of four pitchers battling for the final two rotation spots, allowed one unearned run and three hits in three innings, striking out two and walking none.

--Mike DiGiovanna

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Mike DiGiovanna

Mike DiGiovanna has been covering Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Times since 1995 and spent 19 years as the Angels beat writer and two seasons on the Dodgers. He won Associated Press Sports Editors awards for game-story writing in 2001, feature-story writing in 2017 and breaking news in 2019. A native of East Lyme, Conn., and a graduate of Cal State Fullerton, he began writing for The Times in 1981.

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