TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) – A swarm of bees chased players from the field and fans from their seats before the
Angels’ Mike Trout hit his first spring homer and the Royals’ Eric Hosmer connected for his second, and Kansas City beat Los Angeles 6-4 Sunday.
Trout, the reigning AL MVP, hit a towering shot in the fifth inning off Miguel Almonte that nearly cleared the berm beyond the wall in left-center field 410 feet from home plate. Trout had career highs of 36 homers and 111 RBIs in 2014.
Hosmer had a two-run shot off Matt Shoemaker in the first, a drive to right-center.
Shoemaker, a surprise 16-game winner in 2014, made his first Cactus League appearance this year – after a swarm of bees delayed the start of the game for 10 minutes.