BALTIMORE -- After some early season struggles, Jered Weaver has found his command.
Weaver allowed one run and three hits while pitching into the eighth inning, leading the Los Angeles Angels past the Baltimore Orioles 3-1 on Friday night. The right-hander has put together two straight impressive outings that have him back on track as the Angels' ace.
Albert Pujols hit his sixth home run for Los Angeles, which has won seven of nine, including a season-high four straight. Weaver let his defense do most of the work against the Orioles' lineup and struck out three with just one walk.
Weaver (2-4) was coming off a shutout against the Astros and held the Orioles scoreless before J.J. Hardy led off the eighth with a homer.
"I think mechanically I was a little better last time," Weaver said. "I didn't start figuring things out mechanically until about the fourth or fifth. I was able to keep those guys off the bases for the most part. I was able to get some outs. Defense played well."
Huston Street pitched a scoreless ninth to pick up his 12th save.
Left-hander Wei-Yin Chen (1-2) had an effective outing for Baltimore overshadowed by Weaver. He allowed two runs and seven hits and tied a season high with seven strikeouts with a walk over seven innings. It was the fifth time this season that Chen allowed two runs or fewer and didn't earn a victory.
"Overall, I felt pretty good," Chen said. "Well, there was those bumpy innings in the first two, but luckily I made adjustments."
Pujols gave the Angels a 1-0 lead in the first with a two-out homer to left on a 92-mph fastball by Chen. Los Angeles added another run an inning later when Erick Aybar led off with a double and scored on a sacrifice fly by Carlos Perez.
"That was a tough lineup for a left-handed pitcher," Orioles manager Buck Showalter. "Wei-Yin was really good."
Weaver retired 13 of the first 15 batters he faced before his error allowed Hardy to reach second in the fifth. Weaver got out of the inning by getting Rey Navarro on a popout and striking out Caleb Joseph.
"His stuff tonight was better tonight than we saw early in the season, but he really lit it up last time. It was his command," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "I think he was able to get the fastball into good spots, brought all his pitches into the game. He was very pitch-efficient and command was a big reason for that. He just kept those guys off-balance all game."
Hardy, who had two hits, pulled the Orioles to within a run and ended Weaver's night. Joe Smith got out of the eighth after allowing a single to Manny Machado, who reached base for a career-high 20 straight games.
The Angels added an insurance run in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Johnny Giavotella.
"Hardy got me there with the home run," Weaver said. "It's not too much of a flyball pitcher's ballpark. I was just trying to keep it on the ground as much as possible."
STARTERS ROLLING
The Angels' starting pitchers are 4-0 with a 1.61 ERA over their last five games. Weaver lowered his ERA from 6.29 to 4.44 over his past two outings.
TRAINERS ROOM
Angels: There were no injury updates.
Orioles: C Matt Wieters (right elbow) will join the team next weekend in Miami before potentially beginning a rehab start. Wieters remains on schedule to come off the DL on June 4.
UP NEXT
Angels: Matt Shoemaker (2-3) looks to bounce back after allowing a season-high six runs in three innings in a 6-5 loss to Houston on May 9.
Orioles: Bud Norris was scratched from his scheduled start because of an illness. Ubaldo Jimenez was moved up a day to replace him. Norris could still pitch Sunday if he feels better, manager Buck Showalter said.
Weaver allowed one run and three hits while pitching into the eighth inning, leading the Los Angeles Angels past the Baltimore Orioles 3-1 on Friday night. The right-hander has put together two straight impressive outings that have him back on track as the Angels' ace.
Albert Pujols hit his sixth home run for Los Angeles, which has won seven of nine, including a season-high four straight. Weaver let his defense do most of the work against the Orioles' lineup and struck out three with just one walk.
Weaver (2-4) was coming off a shutout against the Astros and held the Orioles scoreless before J.J. Hardy led off the eighth with a homer.
"I think mechanically I was a little better last time," Weaver said. "I didn't start figuring things out mechanically until about the fourth or fifth. I was able to keep those guys off the bases for the most part. I was able to get some outs. Defense played well."
Huston Street pitched a scoreless ninth to pick up his 12th save.
Left-hander Wei-Yin Chen (1-2) had an effective outing for Baltimore overshadowed by Weaver. He allowed two runs and seven hits and tied a season high with seven strikeouts with a walk over seven innings. It was the fifth time this season that Chen allowed two runs or fewer and didn't earn a victory.
"Overall, I felt pretty good," Chen said. "Well, there was those bumpy innings in the first two, but luckily I made adjustments."
Pujols gave the Angels a 1-0 lead in the first with a two-out homer to left on a 92-mph fastball by Chen. Los Angeles added another run an inning later when Erick Aybar led off with a double and scored on a sacrifice fly by Carlos Perez.
"That was a tough lineup for a left-handed pitcher," Orioles manager Buck Showalter. "Wei-Yin was really good."
Weaver retired 13 of the first 15 batters he faced before his error allowed Hardy to reach second in the fifth. Weaver got out of the inning by getting Rey Navarro on a popout and striking out Caleb Joseph.
"His stuff tonight was better tonight than we saw early in the season, but he really lit it up last time. It was his command," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "I think he was able to get the fastball into good spots, brought all his pitches into the game. He was very pitch-efficient and command was a big reason for that. He just kept those guys off-balance all game."
Hardy, who had two hits, pulled the Orioles to within a run and ended Weaver's night. Joe Smith got out of the eighth after allowing a single to Manny Machado, who reached base for a career-high 20 straight games.
The Angels added an insurance run in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Johnny Giavotella.
"Hardy got me there with the home run," Weaver said. "It's not too much of a flyball pitcher's ballpark. I was just trying to keep it on the ground as much as possible."
STARTERS ROLLING
The Angels' starting pitchers are 4-0 with a 1.61 ERA over their last five games. Weaver lowered his ERA from 6.29 to 4.44 over his past two outings.
TRAINERS ROOM
Angels: There were no injury updates.
Orioles: C Matt Wieters (right elbow) will join the team next weekend in Miami before potentially beginning a rehab start. Wieters remains on schedule to come off the DL on June 4.
UP NEXT
Angels: Matt Shoemaker (2-3) looks to bounce back after allowing a season-high six runs in three innings in a 6-5 loss to Houston on May 9.
Orioles: Bud Norris was scratched from his scheduled start because of an illness. Ubaldo Jimenez was moved up a day to replace him. Norris could still pitch Sunday if he feels better, manager Buck Showalter said.
7:05PM,EDT,May 15,2015
Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Los Angeles - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Wei-Yin Chen pitching for Baltimore | LAA | BAL |
| Calhoun flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Trout struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Pujols homered to left center (372 feet). | 1 | 0 |
| Freese grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Jered Weaver pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | BAL |
| Machado lined out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| De Aza lined out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Paredes walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Jones flied out to right. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Wei-Yin Chen pitching for Baltimore | LAA | BAL |
| Aybar doubled to deep left center. | 1 | 0 |
| Giavotella grounded out to shortstop, Aybar to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Pérez hit sacrifice fly to right, Aybar scored. | 2 | 0 |
| Cron popped out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jered Weaver pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | BAL |
| Davis struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Young grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Hardy singled to left. | 2 | 0 |
| Navarro popped out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Wei-Yin Chen pitching for Baltimore | LAA | BAL |
| Cowgill lined out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Calhoun walked. | 2 | 0 |
| Trout struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Pujols lined out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jered Weaver pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | BAL |
| Joseph popped out to catcher. | 2 | 0 |
| Machado popped out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| De Aza grounded out to first. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Wei-Yin Chen pitching for Baltimore | LAA | BAL |
| Freese flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Aybar grounded out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Giavotella struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jered Weaver pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | BAL |
| Paredes lined out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Jones flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Davis lined out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Wei-Yin Chen pitching for Baltimore | LAA | BAL |
| Pérez grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Cron singled to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Cowgill struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Calhoun struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jered Weaver pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | BAL |
| Young popped out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Hardy safe at second on error by pitcher Weaver. | 2 | 0 |
| Navarro flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Joseph struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Wei-Yin Chen pitching for Baltimore | LAA | BAL |
| Trout singled to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Pujols grounded into fielder's choice to third, Trout out at second, Pujols to second on throwing error by second baseman Navarro. | 2 | 0 |
| Freese struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| Aybar struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jered Weaver pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | BAL |
| Machado grounded out to first. | 2 | 0 |
| De Aza bunt grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Paredes grounded out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Wei-Yin Chen pitching for Baltimore | LAA | BAL |
| Giavotella grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Pérez grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| Cron reached on infield single to first. | 2 | 0 |
| Cowgill lined out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jered Weaver pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | BAL |
| Jones reached on bunt single to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Davis grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Jones out at second. | 2 | 0 |
| Young struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Wei-Yin Chen pitching for Baltimore | LAA | BAL |
| Calhoun walked. | 2 | 0 |
| Hunter relieved Chen. | 2 | 0 |
| Trout grounded into double play, pitcher to second to first, Calhoun out at second. | 2 | 0 |
| Pujols grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Jered Weaver pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | BAL |
| Hardy homered to left center (383 feet). | 2 | 1 |
| Navarro lined out to left. | 2 | 1 |
| J. Smith relieved Weaver. | 2 | 1 |
| Joseph struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| Machado singled to center. | 2 | 1 |
| De Aza flied out to right. | 2 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Tommy Hunter pitching for Baltimore | LAA | BAL |
| Freese singled to right. | 2 | 1 |
| Featherston ran for Freese. | 2 | 1 |
| Aybar singled to center, Featherston to third. | 2 | 1 |
| Giavotella hit sacrifice fly to center, Featherston scored. | 3 | 1 |
| Pérez grounded into double play, third to second to first, Aybar out at second. | 3 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Huston Street pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | BAL |
| Featherston at third base. | 3 | 1 |
| Street relieved J. Smith. | 3 | 1 |
| Paredes struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| Jones singled to right. | 3 | 1 |
| Davis flied out to center, Jones to second. | 3 | 1 |
| Snider hit for Young. | 3 | 1 |
| Snider struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles Angels | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Calhoun RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | .308 | .368 | .450 |
| Trout CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .288 | .392 | .552 |
| Pujols 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .232 | .287 | .408 |
| Freese 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .219 | .284 | .383 |
Featherston PR-3B
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .200 | .083 |
| Aybar SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .269 | .317 | .308 |
| Giavotella 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .276 | .333 | .352 |
| Pérez C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .280 | .269 | .440 |
| Cron DH | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .216 | .239 | .295 |
| Cowgill LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .173 | .232 | .308 |
| Totals | 30 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 110 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Aybar (5, Chen) HR: Pujols (6, 1st inning off Chen 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: Pujols (14), Pérez (5), Giavotella (14) SF: Pérez, Giavotella 2-out RBI: Pujols GIDP: Trout, Pérez Angels RISP: 0-3 (Aybar 0-1, Giavotella 0-1, Freese 0-1) Team LOB: 4 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Weaver (2, throw) DP: 1 (Giavotella-Aybar-Pujols). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, MD |
| Attendance | 35,470 (77.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:23 |
| Weather | 70 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 2 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Eric Cooper, First Base - Adam Hamari, Second Base - Dan Iassogna, Third Base - Lance Barksdale |
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