ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Six pitches into the game, Matt Shoemaker had a two-run lead and the Los Angeles Angels righty helped make it stand up.
Cameron Maybin and Mike Trout hit back-to-back home runs to lead off, Shoemaker won his third consecutive start and the Angels beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-0 on Tuesday night.
"One constant is we've been getting good consistent starting pitching," Los Angeles manager Mike Scioscia said.
Maybin led off by homering on a 3-1 pitch from Alex Cobb. Trout connected on the next pitch for his 15th homer, including seven in his last 11 games.
Shoemaker (4-2), coming off victories over Detroit and the Chicago White Sox, gave up three hits, three walks and struck out five in 6 1/3 innings. He has won all four career starts against the Rays.
Los Angeles has won seven of nine. The Rays have lost three in a row after a season-high four-game winning streak.
Since getting two homers and three hits in the first Monday, Tampa Bay has seven hits over 17 scoreless innings.
"Well, the bats have kind of gone quiet," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "We'll get out of this. Wouldn't be surprised if we really turn it on (Wednesday night)."
Cobb (4-4) allowed four runs and seven hits over 7 1/3 innings.
"This one is difficult for me," Cobb said. "One of the more frustrating games. We lost the ballgame. (I) got beat without being aggressive early on."
Trout has a hit in 25 of his last 29 games, and has reached base in 40 of his 42 games this season. He moved past Troy Glaus into sole possession of fourth place on the Angels' career home run list with 183.
Shoemaker had allowed just a bunt single and a pair of walks until Logan Morrison had a one-out double in the seventh. After Tim Beckham walked, Colby Rasmus hit a single off the right field wall that loaded the bases.
"Obviously, that was huge that ball stayed in the park," Shoemaker said.
Yusmeiro Petit replaced Shoemaker and worked out of the jam by striking out both Steven Souza Jr. and Derek Norris. Petit and Jose Alvarez, who entered with one out in the eighth, combined to strike out all five batters they faced.
"Petit's been as important as any piece on our pitching staff," Scioscia said.
Keynan Middleton pitched the ninth to complete a three-hitter.
Luis Valbuena had an RBI single in a two-run eighth.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: DH Albert Pujols singled in four at-bats and is 1 for 7 after missing three games with right hamstring soreness.
Rays: C Wilson Ramos (right knee surgery) threw to the bases for the first time and could be ready for a minor league rehab assignment in the next week. "Feeling really close," said Ramos, who was an NL All-Star last year with Washington. He has been hitting and catching bullpens. ... 2B Brad Miller (abdominal strain) took grounders but hasn't started running. ... RHP Tommy Hunter (strained right calf) allowed two runs, three hits and struck out three over one inning in his first game with Class A Charlotte.
MORE TROUT
Trout is 5 for 9 lifetime with two homers off Cobb. He has 10 homers in 122 at-bats against Tampa Bay pitching.
RARE OCCURANCE
Only twice previously have the Angels started a game with consecutive homers, coming on Aug. 6, 2013, against Texas (Kole Calhoun and Trout) and May 21, 1996 (Rex Hudler and Don Slaught) at Baltimore.
UP NEXT
Angels RHP Ricky Nolasco (2-3) and Rays RHP Erasmo Ramirez (2-0) are Wednesday night's starting pitchers.
Los Angeles Angels
Cameron Maybin and Mike Trout hit back-to-back home runs to lead off, Shoemaker won his third consecutive start and the Angels beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-0 on Tuesday night.
"One constant is we've been getting good consistent starting pitching," Los Angeles manager Mike Scioscia said.
Maybin led off by homering on a 3-1 pitch from Alex Cobb. Trout connected on the next pitch for his 15th homer, including seven in his last 11 games.
Shoemaker (4-2), coming off victories over Detroit and the Chicago White Sox, gave up three hits, three walks and struck out five in 6 1/3 innings. He has won all four career starts against the Rays.
Los Angeles has won seven of nine. The Rays have lost three in a row after a season-high four-game winning streak.
Since getting two homers and three hits in the first Monday, Tampa Bay has seven hits over 17 scoreless innings.
"Well, the bats have kind of gone quiet," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "We'll get out of this. Wouldn't be surprised if we really turn it on (Wednesday night)."
Cobb (4-4) allowed four runs and seven hits over 7 1/3 innings.
"This one is difficult for me," Cobb said. "One of the more frustrating games. We lost the ballgame. (I) got beat without being aggressive early on."
Trout has a hit in 25 of his last 29 games, and has reached base in 40 of his 42 games this season. He moved past Troy Glaus into sole possession of fourth place on the Angels' career home run list with 183.
Shoemaker had allowed just a bunt single and a pair of walks until Logan Morrison had a one-out double in the seventh. After Tim Beckham walked, Colby Rasmus hit a single off the right field wall that loaded the bases.
"Obviously, that was huge that ball stayed in the park," Shoemaker said.
Yusmeiro Petit replaced Shoemaker and worked out of the jam by striking out both Steven Souza Jr. and Derek Norris. Petit and Jose Alvarez, who entered with one out in the eighth, combined to strike out all five batters they faced.
"Petit's been as important as any piece on our pitching staff," Scioscia said.
Keynan Middleton pitched the ninth to complete a three-hitter.
Luis Valbuena had an RBI single in a two-run eighth.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: DH Albert Pujols singled in four at-bats and is 1 for 7 after missing three games with right hamstring soreness.
Rays: C Wilson Ramos (right knee surgery) threw to the bases for the first time and could be ready for a minor league rehab assignment in the next week. "Feeling really close," said Ramos, who was an NL All-Star last year with Washington. He has been hitting and catching bullpens. ... 2B Brad Miller (abdominal strain) took grounders but hasn't started running. ... RHP Tommy Hunter (strained right calf) allowed two runs, three hits and struck out three over one inning in his first game with Class A Charlotte.
MORE TROUT
Trout is 5 for 9 lifetime with two homers off Cobb. He has 10 homers in 122 at-bats against Tampa Bay pitching.
RARE OCCURANCE
Only twice previously have the Angels started a game with consecutive homers, coming on Aug. 6, 2013, against Texas (Kole Calhoun and Trout) and May 21, 1996 (Rex Hudler and Don Slaught) at Baltimore.
UP NEXT
Angels RHP Ricky Nolasco (2-3) and Rays RHP Erasmo Ramirez (2-0) are Wednesday night's starting pitchers.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Los Angeles - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Cobb pitching for Tampa Bay | LAA | TB |
| Maybin homered to left (419 feet). | 1 | 0 |
| Trout homered to left (412 feet). | 2 | 0 |
| Pujols grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Valbuena grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Simmons doubled to left center. | 2 | 0 |
| Calhoun grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Matt Shoemaker pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TB |
| Dickerson struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Kiermaier flied out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| Longoria grounded out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Alex Cobb pitching for Tampa Bay | LAA | TB |
| Maldonado grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Espinosa struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Pennington grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Matt Shoemaker pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TB |
| Morrison fouled out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Beckham reached on bunt single to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Rasmus struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Alex Cobb pitching for Tampa Bay | LAA | TB |
| Maybin struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| Trout lined out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Pujols popped out to first. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Matt Shoemaker pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TB |
| Norris walked. | 2 | 0 |
| Robertson flied out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Dickerson grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Norris out at second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Alex Cobb pitching for Tampa Bay | LAA | TB |
| Valbuena singled to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Simmons doubled to right, Valbuena to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Calhoun intentionally walked. | 2 | 0 |
| Maldonado grounded into double play, pitcher to catcher to first, Valbuena out at home, Simmons to third, Calhoun to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Espinosa grounded out to first. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Matt Shoemaker pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TB |
| Kiermaier struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| Longoria flied out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Morrison lined out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Alex Cobb pitching for Tampa Bay | LAA | TB |
| Pennington struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Maybin flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Trout struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Matt Shoemaker pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TB |
| Beckham struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Rasmus struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. walked. | 2 | 0 |
| Norris grounded into fielder's choice to third, Souza Jr. out at second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Alex Cobb pitching for Tampa Bay | LAA | TB |
| Pujols grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| Valbuena struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| Simmons walked. | 2 | 0 |
| Calhoun fouled out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Matt Shoemaker pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TB |
| Robertson flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Dickerson grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| Kiermaier popped out to first. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Alex Cobb pitching for Tampa Bay | LAA | TB |
| Maldonado popped out to first. | 2 | 0 |
| Espinosa grounded out to first. | 2 | 0 |
| Pennington singled to deep center. | 2 | 0 |
| Pennington picked off first. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Matt Shoemaker pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TB |
| Longoria grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| Morrison doubled to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Beckham walked. | 2 | 0 |
| Rasmus singled to deep right, Morrison to third, Beckham to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Petit relieved Shoemaker. | 2 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Norris struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Alex Cobb pitching for Tampa Bay | LAA | TB |
| Maybin flied out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| Trout walked. | 2 | 0 |
| Pujols singled to left, Trout to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Farquhar relieved Cobb. | 2 | 0 |
| Valbuena singled to right center, Trout scored, Pujols to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Simmons singled to center, Pujols to third, Valbuena to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Calhoun hit sacrifice fly to left, Pujols scored, Valbuena out at third. | 4 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Yusmeiro Petit pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TB |
| Robertson struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| Álvarez relieved Petit. | 4 | 0 |
| Dickerson struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| Kiermaier struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Danny Farquhar pitching for Tampa Bay | LAA | TB |
| Maldonado lined out to right. | 4 | 0 |
| Espinosa struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| Pennington walked. | 4 | 0 |
| Maybin lined out to right. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Keynan Middleton pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TB |
| Middleton relieved Álvarez. | 4 | 0 |
| Longoria popped out to first. | 4 | 0 |
| Morrison lined out to third. | 4 | 0 |
| Beckham lined out to left. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
Los Angeles Angels
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maybin LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .243 | .365 | .364 |
| Trout CF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .342 | .465 | .753 |
| Pujols DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .243 | .291 | .361 |
| Valbuena 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .190 | .319 | .293 |
| Simmons SS | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | .270 | .332 | .385 |
| Calhoun RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .215 | .293 | .333 |
| Maldonado C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .270 | .336 | .361 |
| Espinosa 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .146 | .234 | .270 |
| Pennington 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | .271 | .368 | .271 |
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 132 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Simmons 2 (8, Cobb 2) HR: Maybin (3, 1st inning off Cobb 0 on, 0 Out); Trout (15, 1st inning off Cobb 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: Maybin (12), Trout (35), Valbuena (6), Calhoun (16) SF: Calhoun GIDP: Maldonado Angels RISP: 2-5 (Maldonado 0-1, Calhoun 0-1, Espinosa 0-1, Valbuena 1-1, Simmons 1-1) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: Pennington (1, 2nd base by Cobb) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (Simmons-Valbuena). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL |
| Attendance | 9,014 (29% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:56 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Joe West, First Base - Hunter Wendelstedt, Second Base - Andy Fletcher, Third Base - Alan Porter |
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