ARLINGTON, Texas -- Los Angeles Angels starter Matt Shoemaker never had the feeling that the whole game was going to be bad, even after allowing three runs through only six batters.
"It was a terrible inning," Shoemaker said. "Go back in the dugout and maybe reflect on it for 4 seconds and forget it."
That was the only bad inning the right-hander had Monday night in a 6-3 win over the Texas Rangers.
"Just a great game from where it started to where it ended up," manager Mike Scioscia said.
Shoemaker didn't allow another run while pitching into the seventh, and the Angels got a pair of two-run homers from Collin Cowgill and David Freese in the fifth.
Prince Fielder and Mitch Moreland had consecutive RBI singles before a sacrifice fly by Elvis Andrus made it a quick 3-0 Rangers lead.
Shoemaker (2-0) struck out seven with one walk over 6 1/3 innings, winning his ninth consecutive decision over 10 starts. The right-hander is 4-0 in four career starts against Texas, with 21 strikeouts and four walks.
"He started making better pitches, I guess," Fielder said. "That's just part of the game. We couldn't add on."
Huston Street worked the ninth for his AL high-matching third save in three chances.
Both homers off Rangers starter Ross Detwiler (0-2) came with runners on base after walks. Cowgill's first of the season tied the game at 3, and Freese's third made it 5-3.
Los Angeles got its first run in the fourth on a play that ended with Matt Joyce thrown out trying to stretch his RBI double into a triple, though it took a 3-minute, 13-second replay review for that call to stand.
The Angels, swept in three games by Kansas City in their home-opening series over the weekend, have won 10 of their last 11 games in Texas. They had a season-high 12 hits.
Detwiler struck out three and walked four while giving up five runs and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings.
"All day, falling behind. Never getting the hitters defensive," Detwiler said. "I had command early in that first inning and then lost it and never really found it again."
Joyce hit a ball that ricocheted off the glove of right fielder Shin-Soo Choo in the gap. Joyce kept running and dived head-first into third base as Adrian Beltre swiped to tag him. Third base umpire Dan Iassogna called him out in what initially looked clearly to be an out before the Angels challenged the call.
Umpires took a long time looking at replays. Some angles appearing to show Joyce avoiding a tag on his arm, and others seemed to show Beltre's glove making contact.
It was the second time Scioscia questioned Iassogna about a play involving Beltre.
In the Texas first, Beltre was running hard around third on Fielder's hit when he ran into third base coach Tony Beasley, who had signaled for him to stop.
"Evidently there was no holding call on the play," Scioscia said. "He explained contact alone doesn't necessarily dictate. ... I've never coaches' interference, but I thought it was for sure."
EXTRA BASES
With an announced attendance of 18,401, the Rangers had their first home crowd of less than 20,000 since July 2010, before the first of their consecutive World Series appearances. ... Mike Trout, the 23-year-old Angels center fielder who was the unanimous AL MVP last season, played in his 500th career game. ... The Angels have homered in all seven games this season.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: RF Kole Calhoun (right calf soreness) was out of the starting lineup for the second game in a row. Calhoun had a pinch-hit RBI single in the ninth, then was lifted for a pinch-runner. ... RHP Garrett Richards (recovering from left knee surgery) is scheduled to make a rehab start for Triple-A Salt Lake on Tuesday.
Rangers: RHP Tanner Scheppers is close to being activated from the disabled list (right ankle sprain) after three appearances in four games on a rehab assignment with Double-A Frisco, including back-to-back Saturday and Sunday.
UP NEXT
Angels: The Angels go for their 11th win in their last 12 games in Texas when rookie right-hander Drew Rucinski makes his first major league start. He threw two scoreless innings in relief Saturday against Kansas City.
Rangers: Right-hander Nick Martinez (1-0), who had seven scoreless innings in his first start, pitches at home for the first time this season.
"It was a terrible inning," Shoemaker said. "Go back in the dugout and maybe reflect on it for 4 seconds and forget it."
That was the only bad inning the right-hander had Monday night in a 6-3 win over the Texas Rangers.
"Just a great game from where it started to where it ended up," manager Mike Scioscia said.
Shoemaker didn't allow another run while pitching into the seventh, and the Angels got a pair of two-run homers from Collin Cowgill and David Freese in the fifth.
Prince Fielder and Mitch Moreland had consecutive RBI singles before a sacrifice fly by Elvis Andrus made it a quick 3-0 Rangers lead.
Shoemaker (2-0) struck out seven with one walk over 6 1/3 innings, winning his ninth consecutive decision over 10 starts. The right-hander is 4-0 in four career starts against Texas, with 21 strikeouts and four walks.
"He started making better pitches, I guess," Fielder said. "That's just part of the game. We couldn't add on."
Huston Street worked the ninth for his AL high-matching third save in three chances.
Both homers off Rangers starter Ross Detwiler (0-2) came with runners on base after walks. Cowgill's first of the season tied the game at 3, and Freese's third made it 5-3.
Los Angeles got its first run in the fourth on a play that ended with Matt Joyce thrown out trying to stretch his RBI double into a triple, though it took a 3-minute, 13-second replay review for that call to stand.
The Angels, swept in three games by Kansas City in their home-opening series over the weekend, have won 10 of their last 11 games in Texas. They had a season-high 12 hits.
Detwiler struck out three and walked four while giving up five runs and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings.
"All day, falling behind. Never getting the hitters defensive," Detwiler said. "I had command early in that first inning and then lost it and never really found it again."
Joyce hit a ball that ricocheted off the glove of right fielder Shin-Soo Choo in the gap. Joyce kept running and dived head-first into third base as Adrian Beltre swiped to tag him. Third base umpire Dan Iassogna called him out in what initially looked clearly to be an out before the Angels challenged the call.
Umpires took a long time looking at replays. Some angles appearing to show Joyce avoiding a tag on his arm, and others seemed to show Beltre's glove making contact.
It was the second time Scioscia questioned Iassogna about a play involving Beltre.
In the Texas first, Beltre was running hard around third on Fielder's hit when he ran into third base coach Tony Beasley, who had signaled for him to stop.
"Evidently there was no holding call on the play," Scioscia said. "He explained contact alone doesn't necessarily dictate. ... I've never coaches' interference, but I thought it was for sure."
EXTRA BASES
With an announced attendance of 18,401, the Rangers had their first home crowd of less than 20,000 since July 2010, before the first of their consecutive World Series appearances. ... Mike Trout, the 23-year-old Angels center fielder who was the unanimous AL MVP last season, played in his 500th career game. ... The Angels have homered in all seven games this season.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: RF Kole Calhoun (right calf soreness) was out of the starting lineup for the second game in a row. Calhoun had a pinch-hit RBI single in the ninth, then was lifted for a pinch-runner. ... RHP Garrett Richards (recovering from left knee surgery) is scheduled to make a rehab start for Triple-A Salt Lake on Tuesday.
Rangers: RHP Tanner Scheppers is close to being activated from the disabled list (right ankle sprain) after three appearances in four games on a rehab assignment with Double-A Frisco, including back-to-back Saturday and Sunday.
UP NEXT
Angels: The Angels go for their 11th win in their last 12 games in Texas when rookie right-hander Drew Rucinski makes his first major league start. He threw two scoreless innings in relief Saturday against Kansas City.
Rangers: Right-hander Nick Martinez (1-0), who had seven scoreless innings in his first start, pitches at home for the first time this season.
8:05PM,EDT,April 13,2015
Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Los Angeles - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Ross Detwiler pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Cowgill flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Trout lined out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Pujols flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Matt Shoemaker pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| Martín singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Choo struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Beltré singled to deep center, Martín to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Fielder singled to center, Martín scored, Beltré to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Moreland doubled to deep right center, Beltré scored, Fielder to third. | 0 | 2 |
| Andrus hit sacrifice fly to right, Fielder scored. | 0 | 3 |
| Peguero struck out swinging. | 0 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Ross Detwiler pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Freese walked. | 0 | 3 |
| Cron struck out swinging. | 0 | 3 |
| Aybar walked, Freese to second. | 0 | 3 |
| Joyce struck out swinging. | 0 | 3 |
| Iannetta grounded out to catcher. | 0 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Matt Shoemaker pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| Chirinos flied out to center. | 0 | 3 |
| Odor struck out swinging. | 0 | 3 |
| Martín popped out to third. | 0 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Ross Detwiler pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Giavotella singled to center. | 0 | 3 |
| Cowgill lined out to left. | 0 | 3 |
| Trout lined out to right. | 0 | 3 |
| Pujols flied out to left. | 0 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Matt Shoemaker pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| Choo flied out to right. | 0 | 3 |
| Beltré lined out to right. | 0 | 3 |
| Fielder grounded out to first. | 0 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Ross Detwiler pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Freese struck out swinging. | 0 | 3 |
| Cron singled to center. | 0 | 3 |
| Aybar grounded into fielder's choice to second, Cron out at second. | 0 | 3 |
| Joyce doubled to deep center, Aybar scored, Joyce out stretching at third. | 1 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Matt Shoemaker pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| Moreland flied out to center. | 1 | 3 |
| Andrus bunt grounded out to catcher. | 1 | 3 |
| Peguero doubled to center. | 1 | 3 |
| Chirinos flied out to center. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Ross Detwiler pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Iannetta walked. | 1 | 3 |
| Giavotella flied out to right. | 1 | 3 |
| Cowgill homered to center (427 feet), Iannetta scored. | 3 | 3 |
| Trout walked. | 3 | 3 |
| Pujols flied out to left. | 3 | 3 |
| Freese homered to right center (379 feet), Trout scored. | 5 | 3 |
| Cron singled to left. | 5 | 3 |
| Aybar flied out to right. | 5 | 3 |
| 4 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Matt Shoemaker pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| Odor singled to right. | 5 | 3 |
| Odor to second on wild pitch by Shoemaker. | 5 | 3 |
| Martín struck out swinging. | 5 | 3 |
| Choo struck out swinging. | 5 | 3 |
| Beltré grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Ross Detwiler pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Joyce flied out to center. | 5 | 3 |
| Iannetta lined out to center. | 5 | 3 |
| Giavotella singled to right center. | 5 | 3 |
| Cowgill singled to center, Giavotella to second. | 5 | 3 |
| Pimentel relieved Detwiler. | 5 | 3 |
| Trout reached on infield single to pitcher, Giavotella to third, Cowgill to second. | 5 | 3 |
| Pujols grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Matt Shoemaker pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| Fielder flied out to left. | 5 | 3 |
| Moreland struck out looking. | 5 | 3 |
| Andrus flied out to right. | 5 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Stolmy Pimentel pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Freese struck out looking. | 5 | 3 |
| Cron struck out swinging. | 5 | 3 |
| Aybar singled to center. | 5 | 3 |
| Joyce grounded out to second. | 5 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Matt Shoemaker pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| Peguero walked. | 5 | 3 |
| Chirinos struck out swinging. | 5 | 3 |
| Ramos relieved Shoemaker. | 5 | 3 |
| Peguero stole second. | 5 | 3 |
| Odor struck out looking. | 5 | 3 |
| Martín flied out to left. | 5 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Stolmy Pimentel pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Iannetta flied out to center. | 5 | 3 |
| Giavotella lined out to center. | 5 | 3 |
| Cowgill grounded out to pitcher. | 5 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Joe Smith pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| Smith relieved Ramos. | 5 | 3 |
| Choo struck out swinging. | 5 | 3 |
| Beltré flied out to center. | 5 | 3 |
| Fielder singled to right center. | 5 | 3 |
| DeShields ran for Fielder. | 5 | 3 |
| DeShields safe at second on error by Smith. | 5 | 3 |
| Moreland flied out to center. | 5 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Stolmy Pimentel pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Trout singled to left. | 5 | 3 |
| Trout stole second. | 5 | 3 |
| Pujols walked. | 5 | 3 |
| Méndez relieved Pimentel. | 5 | 3 |
| Freese lined out to center, Trout to third. | 5 | 3 |
| Calhoun singled to right, Trout scored, Pujols to third. | 6 | 3 |
| Navarro ran for Calhoun. | 6 | 3 |
| Aybar flied out to right. | 6 | 3 |
| Joyce lined out to third. | 6 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Huston Street pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| Andrus grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 3 |
| Peguero struck out swinging. | 6 | 3 |
| Corporán struck out swinging. | 6 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles Angels | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Cowgill RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .231 | .286 | .462 |
| Trout CF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .417 | .483 | .583 |
| Pujols 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | .154 | .241 | .462 |
| Freese 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 | .222 | .276 | .593 |
| Cron DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .118 | .211 | .118 |
a-Calhoun PH
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .238 | .238 | .476 |
Navarro PR-DH
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .429 | .500 |
| Aybar SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .208 | .296 | .208 |
| Joyce LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .174 | .174 | .261 |
| Iannetta C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | .048 | .091 | .048 |
| Giavotella 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .300 | .333 | .300 |
| Totals | 38 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 143 | |||
| a-singled to right for C Cron in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Joyce (2, Detwiler) HR: Cowgill (1, 5th inning off Detwiler 1 on, 1 Out); Freese (3, 5th inning off Detwiler 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: Joyce (1), Cowgill 2 (2), Freese 2 (5), Calhoun (5) 2-out RBI: Joyce, Freese 2 Angels RISP: 2-8 (Joyce 0-2, Trout 1-1, Iannetta 0-1, Freese 0-1, Aybar 0-1, Pujols 0-1, Calhoun 1-1) Team LOB: 10 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Trout (1, 2nd base off Pimentel/Chirinos) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Smith (1, throw) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, TX |
| Attendance | 18,401 (38.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:17 |
| Weather | 64 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 15 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - CB Bucknor, First Base - Lance Barrett, Second Base - Dale Scott, Third Base - Dan Iassogna |
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