PHOENIX (AP) - While the rest of his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates took a day off, pitcher Chad Billingsley worked five innings in a minor league intrasquad game Wednesday.
Billingsley, coming back from a broken left ankle, allowed five hits and three earned runs, including a two-run homer to Austin Gallagher, who batted .293 with 33 doubles and 55 RBIs in 78 games last year with Class-A Inland Empire.Billingsley threw 76 pitches and struck out five, allowing one walk and hitting a batter.
He broke his ankle last winter when he slipped on ice outside his home in Pennsylvania. The fracture required surgery.
When Billingsley pitched Wednesday, Hall of Famer Bob Gibson was among those watching the game. His son Chris is a first baseman who signed a minor league deal with the Dodgers last November.
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