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- Updated: May 31, 2016
ANAHEIM — Jhoulys Chacin twirled his best start of the season and got the offensive outburst he needed as the Angels knocked off the Tigers, 5-1, in the first game of a three-game home set on Monday.
Chacin, who was acquired from the Braves in a trade on May 11, was stellar in his fourth start for the Angels. He didn’t allow a baserunner until the sixth inning and tossed a complete game, his first since 2011, while striking out a season-high 10 on 114 pitches.
Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander nearly matched Chacin pitch-for-pitch, not surrendering his first baserunner until the fifth and striking out seven. He gave up the game’s first run in the eighth, as Cliff Pennington’s RBI single to left started a five-run inning to power the Angels to a win.
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDChacin Control: Chacin was dominant against the Tigers, duking it out with Verlander and retiring the first 17 hitters of the game before Andrew Romine’s two-out single in the sixth inning.The lone run came in the ninth on Victor Martinez’s sacrifice fly.
Tigers miss opportunities: Once the Tigers put a runner on base against Chacin, they put together two chances to break through with a win before Chacin …
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