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- Updated: June 2, 2016
ANAHEIM — A day after mashing four home runs and 17 hits off Tigers pitching, the Angels could not touch Detroit right-hander Michael Fulmer.
Fulmer was dominant Wednesday, flashing a 97-mph fastball, commanding all his pitches and keeping a red-hot Angels lineup at bay as the mid-afternoon shadows creeped into Angel Stadium in a 3-0 Angels loss. He no-hit the Angels through 6 2/3 innings, as they finally broke through on a C.J. Cron single to right.
“It was tough to see today with the shade,” Gregorio Petit said following the game which started at 4 p.m. PT, a rarity for the Angels. “He was good, he mixed pitches and everything was around the zone, and it was really tough to see the ball.”
With Yunel Escobar and Albert Pujols out of the lineup, the Angels weren’t expected to replicate the 11-run performance of the night before. Fulmer completely shut them down, however, holding them to just two hits as the rookie earned his fifth victory this …
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