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Matt Shoemaker looks right at home as Angels shut out Tigers

/ STAFF WRITER

DETROIT – The last time Matt Shoemaker was pitching in Michigan, he was trying to prove himself. Years later, Shoemaker returned to his home region, with something else to prove.

Pitching at Comerica Park for the first time as a major leaguer, Shoemaker gave up one hit in 71/3 innings of the Angels’ 2-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday.

Shoemaker returned to the Angels after what turned out to be a one-game trip to the minors, where the club had sent him to try to rediscover what had disappeared between his breakthrough 2014 season and the disappointment of 2015.