Matt Shoemaker scattered three hits and allowed one run over seven innings, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a season-high five-game winning streak with a 6-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night.
Mike Trout and David Freese homered for the Angels, who will try for their first three-game sweep of the season Sunday. Trout finished with three hits and two RBIs in the game, which was delayed at the start for 57 minutes because of rain.
The Orioles have lost eight of their past 11 games.
Shoemaker (3-3) won his seventh consecutive game on the road. He had seven strikeouts and no walks, winning for the first time since April 13.
Baltimore's Ubaldo Jimenez (3-3) lost for the first time in four starts at Camden Yards this season. He allowed two runs and seven hits with six strikeouts and no walks over seven innings. He also fell to 0-5 in as many starts against the Angels.
Steve Pearce hit his third homer for the Orioles, his first since the second game of the season in Tampa Bay — a span of 34 games.
Jimenez retired nine consecutive batters to start the game before Kole Calhoun led off the fourth with a single. However, Jimenez got out of the inning by retiring the next three batters.
Pearce gave the Orioles a 1-0 lead with a two-out, solo homer off Shoemaker in the bottom of the inning.
Shoemaker then retired 10 in a row to keep his team in the game. The Angels took the lead in the seventh when Erick Aybar and Johnny Giavotella led off with a pair of infield singles, and scored on another pair of singles by Chris Iannetta and Marc Krauss.
Trout provided an insurance run with a leadoff homer in the eighth off Darren O'Day. It was Trout's 10th homer and fourth in the past nine games. Freese's homer, a wild pitch and infield hit by Trout added three more runs in the ninth for Los Angeles.
Fernando Salas pitched a scoreless ninth for the Angels.
TRAINERS ROOM
Angels: There were no injury updates.
Orioles: 2B Jonathan Schoop (sprained right knee) hit off a tee and threw from 90 feet Saturday in Sarasota, Florida. He will take grounders Monday.
UP NEXT
Angels: Garrett Richards (3-1) carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning of his last outing against Houston. However, he is 0-2 with a 7.31 ERA in six starts against the Orioles.
Orioles: Both Bud Norris (bronchitis) and Chris Tillman (lower back strain) were scratched. As a result, Orioles manager Buck Showalter was still deciding on a starter.
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