Angels' Matt Shoemaker: Stifles Blue Jays over six innings

Shoemaker (8-13) allowed just three hits, a walk, and no runs over six innings against the powerful Blue Jays on Wednesday, striking out three and earning the win.

Analysis:

Shoemaker lowered his ERA to 3.98 with the stellar outing, doing so against a Toronto team that is second in MLB in home runs. Shoemaker's win snapped an 11-game road losing streak for the Angels, who are a disappointing 53-73 despite another big year from phenom Mike Trout. Shoemaker's poor record can largely be chalked up to run support, although he received an ample eight runs Wednesday. Shoemaker entered the start with just 3.08 runs of support per game, the lowest of any AL starting pitcher. He'll hope to get a similar effort from the offense on Monday against the Reds.