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The Golden State Warriors go for historic regular season win No. 73 on Wednesday night. But before Stephen Curry and Co. have their chance to surpass Michael Jordan and the 95-96 Chicago Bulls for the record for most wins in a season, they hosted a few members of the Los Angeles Angels at practice. Mike Trout, Albert Pujols, Joe Smith and Cliff Pennington were on hand at the Warriors' practice facility Tuesday, as they were in the Bay Area for a series against the Oakland Athletics. Hey, it's a heck of a lot cheaper to watch practice than it would be to buy tickets for Wednesday night's game. You can watch the series finale of the Angels-A's series on Wednesday as it is Yahoo Sports' Free MLB Game of the Day (3:35 p.m. ET). A stream of the contest will be available at sports.yahoo.com/videos . [ Sign up for Fantasy Baseball | Play for $40K | Expert rankings | Mock draft ] Trout and Curry exchanged some pleasantries to start, a meeting of minds between MVPs, but it wasn't all fun and games. Real recognize real. pic.twitter.com/GaQgGHet1y — Angels (@Angels) April 12, 2016 Trout beat Golden State All-Star Draymond Green in a game of PIG and in a stunning upset, Smith took down Curry. Michael Lee of the Vertical was on the scene to document it all: Mike Trout just beat Draymond Green in a game of HORSE, now he's taking on Stephen Curry pic.twitter.com/PUMO7S4erS — Michael Lee (@MrMichaelLee) April 12, 2016 Draymond on losing to Mike Trout in PIG: "I'm not very good at shooting games. I can shoot IN the game but I ain't good at shooting games." — Michael Lee (@MrMichaelLee) April 12, 2016 Angels right handed reliever Joe Smith beat Stephen Curry in a game of PIG. Smith made a lefty 3 & Curry missed, shrugged & gave him a hug — Michael Lee (@MrMichaelLee) April 12, 2016 [Elsewhere: Actor Paul Rudd proves he loves the Kansas City Royals, again ] After a 1-4 start, the Angels have won three straight to climb back up to .500. Maybe their victories over the Warriors will spur them toward even greater heights. More MLB coverage from Yahoo Sports: The StewPod: A baseball podcast by Yahoo Sports Subscribe via iTunes or via RSS feed - - - - - - - Israel Fehr is a writer for Big League Stew on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at israelfehr@yahoo.ca or follow him on Twitter. Follow @israelfehr Continue to Article

April 13, 2016 9:45:am EST

The Golden State Warriors go for historic regular season win No. 73 on Wednesday night. But before Stephen Curry and Co. have their chance to surpass Michael Jordan and the 95-96 Chicago Bulls for the record for most wins in a season, they hosted a few members of the Los Angeles Angels at practice. Mike Trout, Albert Pujols, Joe Smith and Cliff Pennington were on hand at the Warriors' practice facility Tuesday, as they were in the Bay Area for a series against the Oakland Athletics. Hey, it's a heck of a lot cheaper to watch practice than it would be to buy tickets for Wednesday night's game. [ Sign up for Fantasy Baseball | Play for $40K | Expert rankings | Mock draft ] Trout and Curry exchanged some pleasantries to start, a meeting of minds between MVPs, but it wasn't all fun and games. Real recognize real. pic.twitter.com/GaQgGHet1y — Angels (@Angels) April 12, 2016 Trout beat Golden State All-Star Draymond Green in a game of PIG and in a stunning upset, Smith took down Curry. Michael Lee of the Vertical was on the scene to document it all: Mike Trout just beat Draymond Green in a game of HORSE, now he's taking on Stephen Curry pic.twitter.com/PUMO7S4erS — Michael Lee (@MrMichaelLee) April 12, 2016 Draymond on losing to Mike Trout in PIG: "I'm not very good at shooting games. I can shoot IN the game but I ain't good at shooting games." — Michael Lee (@MrMichaelLee) April 12, 2016 Angels right handed reliever Joe Smith beat Stephen Curry in a game of PIG. Smith made a lefty 3 & Curry missed, shrugged & gave him a hug — Michael Lee (@MrMichaelLee) April 12, 2016 [Elsewhere: Actor Paul Rudd proves he loves the Kansas City Royals, again ] After a 1-4 start, the Angels have won three straight to climb back up to .500. Maybe their victories over the Warriors will spur them toward even greater heights. More MLB coverage from Yahoo Sports: The StewPod: A baseball podcast by Yahoo Sports Subscribe via iTunes or via RSS feed - - - - - - - Israel Fehr is a writer for Big League Stew on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at israelfehr@yahoo.ca or follow him on Twitter. Follow @israelfehr Continue to Article

April 13, 2016 9:45:am EST

A.J. Griffin's first start in three years wasn't a work of beauty, but it was effective and ended the Texas Rangers' losing streak. Griffin went 14-10 with a 3.83 ERA and a team-high 171 strikeouts in 200 innings for Oakland in 2013, his only full season in the majors. Continue to Article

April 13, 2016 2:46:am EST

If the Los Angeles Angels are to contend in an expectedly top-heavy AL West, they'll need to rely on more than just Mike Trout. Losses in four of the first five games seemed to signal the beginning of a potentially long season for the Angels (4-4), but they've bounced back well despite Trout's 5 for 27 start. After receiving strong pitching performances from Jered Weaver and Nick Tropeano over the first two games of the streak, the bats came alive during the final two innings of Tuesday's 5-4 come-from-behind victory over the A's. Continue to Article

April 13, 2016 2:22:am EST

Geovany Soto spent the final month of the 2014 season with Oakland, and he caught Sean Doolittle during that stretch. Soto hit a go-ahead two-run homer with one out in the ninth, and the Los Angeles Angels rallied against Oakland's improved bullpen to beat the Athletics 5-4. Albert Pujols hit a two-run double in the eighth off Ryan Madson to get the Angels back in the game. Continue to Article

April 13, 2016 1:34:am EST

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