ANAHEIM -- Matt Shoemaker's near-flawless performance Saturday night was nearly undone by one pitch in the Angel's 3-1 loss to the Orioles.
Shoemaker's lone mistake came in a scoreless game in the sixth inning against Orioles third baseman Manny Machado when he hung an 0-2 changeup with a runner on. Machado belted it, but the ball fell just foul down the left-field line. Shoemaker came back with a slider to strike out Machado.
Disaster avoided.
Shoemaker continued a masterful performance in which retired the first 14 hitters of the game and ended with a career-high 12 strikeouts with no walks and three hits over a season-high 7 1/3 scoreless innings.