Major League Baseball

Shoemaker, Angels beat Athletics for 4th straight win

Published Apr. 13, 2016 9:02 p.m. ET

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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Matt Shoemaker pitched one-hit ball for six shutout innings and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 5-1 Wednesday for their fourth straight win.

Mike Trout had three hits, scored three runs and stole a base as the Angels finished a three-game sweep. Kole Calhoun got three hits and drove in two runs, and Albert Pujols also had two RBIs.

Marcus Semien hit his third home run in two days for the A's. Oakland fell to 1-6 at home.

Shoemaker (1-1) gave a single in the second inning to Danny Valencia. He struck out five and walked three.

Shoemaker was tagged by Texas for six runs in three innings in his last start against Texas.

Eric Surkamp (0-1) went 4 2/3 innings, giving up two runs on five hits.

The Angels won their fifth straight at the Coliseum.

Calhoun twice drove in Trout. Calhoun extended his hitting streak to seven games and has driven in 17 runs against the A's since the beginning of last year.

Valencia and Coco Crisp were the only A's to get as far as second base against Shoemaker, who retired 11 of his final 12 hitters. The A's finished with three hits.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Angels: Over his past 16 games against Oakland, Trout is hitting .383, with six doubles, four homers, eight RBIs and 28 runs scored. The 18 runs he scored against the A's last season were the most in a single season by an Angels player against the A's in franchise history. ... LHP Greg Mahle made his major league debut with a scoreless seventh inning and is credited with a hold.

Athletics: OF Khris Davis was given a scheduled day off. He entered the game hitting .167 with no homers, no RBIs and had struck out 14 times, matching the most in the majors. ... The combination of Billy Burns and Crisp at the top of the lineup is intriguing to A's manager Bob Melvin. ''With speed at the top of the lineup, in theory they should be fun to watch,'' he said. They combined to go 0 for 8 against the Angels but Crisp did reach on an error and stole second.

UP NEXT

Angels: RHP Garrett Richards (0-2, 3.86) starts Friday night in Minnesota.

Athletics: LHP Rich Hill (1-1, 3.12) starts the series opener against the visiting Kansas City Royals on Friday night.