Shields used his changeup against left-handed batters on all three of the double-play grounders -- from Carlos Gonzalez to end the first, Ben Paulsen to end the second and Gerardo Parra in the fourth. Shields struck out five and pitched around nine hits -- with help from one key baserunning mistake.
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Element of unpleasant surprise: In the fifth with runners at first and second, a 2-0 count and Gonzalez up against Shields (a guy against whom he had a .360 batting average going into Monday), the last thing on anyone's mind was DJ LeMahieu trying to steal third.