ANAHEIM -- The last time Justin Verlander won a game at Angel Stadium, he was still a mercurial young pitcher. It was 2010, the year before he won the American League Cy Young and MVP awards, and he threw 125 pitches over five innings of four-run ball, most of them with runners on base.
"I really don't feel like I deserve this win," Verlander said at the time.
He has had a few starts here since then where he deserved a win. On Monday, he found himself on the short end of a pitching duel with Jhoulys Chacin, and the wrong end against the bottom of the Angels lineup in a 5-1 loss.