Davis Daniel, who was recalled from the minors earlier within the day, threw eight scoreless innings to assist the Los Angeles Angels beat the Detroit Tigers 5-0 Thursday night time in Anaheim, Calif.
Daniel allowed 4 hits and no walks whereas putting out eight. He’s tied for the second-most strikeouts in his first main league begin in Angels historical past, trailing Rudy Might’s 10 in 1965.
Accidents and ineffectiveness have pressured the Angels to dig into their minor league system to seek out succesful beginning pitchers, with Daniel being the most recent to get the beginning nod.
Daniel (1-0) had three profession video games earlier than the beginning Thursday, going 1-1 with a 2.19 ERA in three reduction appearances final season. However he did not pitch properly this season at Triple-A Salt Lake, going 5-4 with a 5.33 ERA in 14 begins.
Daniel allowed two hits within the first inning, however yielded simply two extra over the subsequent seven innings. He retired the facet so as within the second, third, fifth, sixth and seventh innings.
Ben Joyce pitched the ninth to complete the shutout.
The Angels, who’ve received 5 of six, had simply eight hits, however 4 of them went for further bases, together with dwelling runs by Miguel Sano, Willie Calhoun and Luis Rengifo.
Tigers starter Jack Flaherty (5-5), who was 5-1 with a 1.56 ERA in his earlier six begins, retired the facet so as within the first inning, however Sano led off the second with a house run, his second of the season.
Within the fourth inning, Flaherty struck out the primary two batters, however Calhoun adopted with a house run to extend the Angels’ result in 2-0.
The Angels acquired to Flaherty for 3 extra runs within the fifth. Zach Neto led off with a double. Two outs later, he scored on a single by Nolan Schanuel. Schanuel stole second, then scored on Rengifo’s two-run homer for a 5-0 lead.
Riley Greene had two of the 4 hits for the Tigers, who’ve misplaced three of 4.
–Discipline Stage Media