Chacin goes distance as Halos tame Tigers

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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.

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