Nick Adenhart was denied his second major league victory after shutting out the A's for six innings on Wednesday. Adenhart turned a 3-0 lead over to the usually trustworthy Angels pen in the seventh, but Scot Shields, Brian Fuentes and some shake defense combined to let him down. Jose Arredondo was also charged with two runs thanks to some pretty awful usage -- he was allowed to come back out for the eighth after throwing a scoreless seventh, only to be pulled in favor of Shields after giving up a pair of singles. Three runs ended up scoring then, followed by three more in the ninth against Fuentes. Adenhart, who struck out five and walked three, has made a pretty good case for an early pickup in AL-only leagues.
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