Pettitte is scheduled to throw a bullpen session Monday before heading to Tampa, Fla., to throw to hitters toward the end of the week.
It added a run-producing presence in the bottom third of the lineup while breaking up a string of left-handed hitters toward the middle and keeping Castillo, a smart hitter who does not strike out often, at the top.
Wallenbrock and Van Scoyoc pointed hitters toward a different approach.
"He's a designated hitter until toward the end of spring, when we can evaluate what he can do". The Angels have Albert Pujols and Mark Trumbo to play first base, but a healthy Morales in the middle of the order could give them an offense to rival any in baseball.
Baseball has generally moved away from slap hitters and toward an emphasis on power above all else.
Murphy, playing second base after entering the game in the sixth as a pinch-hitter, hopped toward center field before collapsing on his side in the grass.
The typical Magnus effect on the ball will tilt it slightly in toward a hitter.
But as Rodriguez, a left-handed hitter, ripped a liner toward him, Church froze, then broke the wrong way.
Duncan, a left-handed hitter, pushed one bunt toward second and plopped another down the third-base line, a lost art, particularly with this weary lot.
The catcher, Russell Martin, was set up on the inside corner of the plate against the right-handed Rivera, anticipating the typical splitter action: a sharp downward break, with perhaps a little tail toward the hitter.
