Angels starter Jered Weaver gave up a run and four hits in 1 2-3 innings and has allowed eight hits and two runs in 2 1-3 innings over two outings this spring. Weaver had been held back due to stiffness in his shoulder.
"His stuff looked very good," Scioscia said. "For where he is in the spring now, we feel very good where his stuff is. It's just going to be a matter of going out there and putting pitches together."
Weaver said he felt better about his pitching Sunday than his first outing.
"It's coming along," Weaver said. "I'm not quite there yet."
A's top prospect Brett Anderson allowed three hits in four scoreless innings.
"He threw the ball great," Oakland manager Bob Geren said. "He probably had eight or 10 broken bats. He really pitched inside and used his offspeed (pitches). It was a great game."
Said Anderson: "The better competition I face, I'm more locked in and my stuff is sharper. I'd rather face Torii Hunter and Gary Matthews than the guys I faced in Double-A."
Note: INF Mark Trumbo and RHP Rafael Rodriguez were sent to the Angels' minor league camp.
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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Nomar Garciaparra had two hits and scored a run in his debut for the Oakland Athletics, an 8-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday.
Angels outfielder Gary Matthews Jr., who had offseason surgery on his left knee, also played for the first time this spring. He grounded out to second in his only at-bat.
Garciaparra signed with the Athletics on March 6 after batting .264 with eight homers in 163 at-bats for the Los Angeles Dodgers last season. He went 2-for-3 with a double, but was low-key about the results.
