 and Verlander (4-5) combined to retire the first 27 batters at Angel Stadium before C. J. Cron's single leading off the fifth for Los Angeles. Chacin lost his own perfect game bid on Andrew Romine's two-out single in the sixth. The pitchers traded zeros until the Angels led off the eighth with three straight singles against Verlander, who gave up one hit in the first seven innings of Detroit's fourth loss in five games. Chacin threw his third career complete game in his fourth start for Los Angeles. Facing Detroit for the first time, the veteran right-hander struck out 10 and threw his first complete game since 2011. He fell one out shy of the second shutout of his career when J. D. Martinez doubled and scored on Victor Martinez's long fly in the ninth. Chacin's dominance was invaluable after the Angels' bullpen was taxed in a 13-inning loss to Houston on Sunday, their fourth defeat in five games. With shadows on the field for an early holiday start at Angel Stadium, both pitchers were nearly unhittable early. Chacin struck out five of Detroit's first eight batters and threw 5 2/3 perfect innings before Romine connected. Ian Kinsler also singled before Chacin struck out J. D. Martinez, and the Tigers got two more runners in the seventh before Chacin escaped the jam. Verlander, who threw eight scoreless innings last week against Philadelphia, opened in Anaheim with four perfect innings before Cron blooped a single to right. He sat down eight straight batters shortly after that lone hit, but the bottom of the Angels' order put together an unlikely rally. After Johnny Giavotella and Rafael Ortega opened the eighth with back-to-back singles, Pennington failed on two bunt attempts before confidently lining a single to left. Gregorio Petit then grounded to short, but Romine's throw home was too late to get Ortega, and James McCann's subsequent throw to first skipped into right field, scoring Pennington. HOLIDAY PAYAlbert Pujols and Cron added RBI singles off Buck Farmer in the eighth. Pujols has 20 career RBIs on Memorial Day, the most among active big leaguers. FIELD OF SCREAMSDetroit has lost 18 of its last 22 games in Anaheim since 2009. TRAINER'S ROOMTigers: Right-hander Jordan Zimmermann went through a pregame workout at Angel Stadium, and he'll throw a bullpen session Tuesday in hopes of returning later this week from a groin strain. Angels: Closer Huston Street was activated from the disabled list before the game. He hadn't pitched since April 23 due to a strained oblique muscle. UP NEXTTigers: Anibal Sanchez (3-6, 6.04 ERA) is winless in four career starts at Angel Stadium. Angels: Hector Santiago (3-3, 4.58 ERA) got ejected in the third inning of his last start in Texas.
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Time: 09:05 P.M. EST Venue: Angel Stadium of Anaheim
The last time the Detroit Tigers won a road series against the Los Angeles Angels, Justin Verlander was still two seasons away from winning his AL Cy Young Award. He and his club will try to revert to that form Monday night as the Tigers begin a three-game series at Angel Stadium, though it might be Los Angeles who needs an impressive outing from their starting pitcher after playing 13 innings on Sunday. The Tigers (24-25) are 4-17 in Los Angeles since taking two of three from Aug. 24-26, 2009. That includes a four-game sweep last season and seven in a row with Detroit scoring 1.7 runs per game and batting .183. Verlander (4-4, 4.02 ERA), the 2011 AL Cy Young winner, may struggle to make such numbers hold up, though he has won consecutive starts and is coming off his best of the year. The right-hander gave up three hits with 10 strikeouts in eight scoreless innings of Tuesday's 3-1 home win over Philadelphia. His manager has seen this sort of stuff coming for a few more starts." Pretty much the same as what we've seen the last four starts," manager Brad Ausmus told MLB's official website. "His fastball's really working for him. He's getting swings and misses on it. He's mixing in his other stuff. His slider was really good, a hard slider tonight, borderline cutter at times. But he was outstanding." The same goes for his last outing against the Angels as Verlander carried a no-hitter into the ninth inning before a Chris Iannetta double ended it. But that was in Detroit. In Anaheim, Verlander is 2-3 with a 6.19 ERA in six career starts. Cliff Pennington (0 for 13), Kole Calhoun (0 for 7 with four strikeouts), Mike Trout (1 for 9) and Yunel Escobar (3 for 15) have all struggled against him. The Angels counter with Jhoulys Chacin, who is three starts into his career with Los Angeles and still seeking his first win. Chacin (0-1, 4.67), who came over from Atlanta on May 11, gave up three runs and five hits in six innings of Tuesday's 4-1 loss in Texas for his first decision with his new club. The right-hander, who's spent the overwhelming portion of his career in the NL, has never faced the Tigers but has almost always known how to retire Justin Upton (2 for 20 with 11 strikeouts). The Angels (22-28) are coming off Sunday's 8-6, 13-inning home loss to Houston, in which they leaned on the bullpen for eight innings of work. Johnny Giavotella struck out three times in the final five innings with seven total runners on base, but he's batting .397 in 16 games since entering play on May 13 batting .200." Johnny is one of our guys,'' manager Mike Scioscia said. ''He's going to put the ball in play there (most times). He had three opportunities this afternoon and couldn't put the ball in play. That's not like Johnny.'' The Tigers dropped the last two of a three-game series in Oakland after winning their previous three series. Victor Martinez had three of their five hits and is batting .481 on a seven-game hitting streak.
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