While his team was putting an 18-11 hurting on the Rockies' pitching staff at Tempe Diablo Stadium, Hunter was recovering from a blow to the nose, the result of chasing what turned out to be an inside-the-park homer by Jeff Baker in the top of the first inning.

Hunter, a Rawlings Gold Glove winner for eight consecutive seasons, crashed against the wall trying to flag down Baker's drive against Jered Weaver. The ball caromed off the wall and against the side of Hunter's face.

After walking off the field under his own power, Hunter was taken for X-rays, which were negative.

"Torii's OK," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "He's got a pretty big lump" on the side of his nose. "I thought it was broken.

"He's day-to-day. He wants to play [on Thursday] but I don't think we're going to let him. We'll give him a day to regroup. I thought he went head-first into the wall. That's the way Torii plays -- he plays hard. For the most part, it keeps him away from injuries. That was a fluke thing, the ball hitting off the wall and hitting him like that."

What Hunter missed were more fireworks from an offense that has gone a little crazy lately. Over their past four games, the Angels have accumulated 56 runs, scoring in double figures each time, with 15 homers among 64 hits.

Shortstop Erick Aybar, raising his average to .389, led the way with two triples, a double and a single, driving in three runs and scoring three times. Sean Rodriguez homered and doubled, driving in a pair, and Bobby Abreu drove in four runs with a pair of doubles.

"That ball Sean hit to left field was loud," Scioscia said of Rodriguez's first spring homer to go with six doubles in 39 at-bats.

Juan Rivera also drove in four runs with a double and single. Howard Kendrick (.359) singled twice and drove in two runs, scoring twice. Chone Figgins (.333) singled, walked twice, stole a base and scored twice. Kendry Morales (.382) singled twice, scored twice and drove in a run.

Rockies starter Jason Marquis was pounded for 12 runs (11 earned) in 3 1/3 innings.

"What gets lost with 18 runs was the baserunning," Scioscia said. "I thought they put on a clinic out there. It was good to see the legs feel good, guys running the bases well. When the lead guy is up and running, it lets the other guys go."

The Angels, at 20-4 in Cactus League play, have the best spring record in the Majors. They are hitting .316 as a team and averaging 7.52 runs per game while holding opponents to 4.4 runs.

Weaver lasted 4 1/3 innings, his longest stint of the spring by one out, before reaching his prescribed pitch limit. Five of the six runs he yielded were earned, and he struck out two men while yielding seven hits and a walk.

"He got to 76, 77 [pitches]," Scioscia said. "His stuff was better than the results were showing. His arm felt great. He got a couple fastballs high, and they got 'em out of here."

Three of the Rockies' four homers -- two by Baker and one by Ryan Spilborghs -- came against Weaver. Yorvit Torrealba went deep against Jose Arredondo, who struck out two men in his one inning, but yielded two earned runs on four hits.

In his first appearance since returning from the World Baseball Classic, Scot Shields worked one perfect inning, with one strikeout.

Jason Bulger and young Mason Tobin also delivered scoreless innings of relief.