ANAHEIM -- In search of power with the loss of Josh Hamilton for at least six weeks following surgery on his left thumb, the Angels found it on Friday night from a likely source (Mike Trout) and an unlikely one (J.B. Shuck).After Trout and Shuck went deep, the Angels took a 5-4 walk-off Interleague decision from the Mets in the 11th when Hank Conger was hit by a Jeurys Familia pitch with the bases loaded to force home Raul Ibanez. Ibanez led off the inning with a single and moved to third on David Freese's grounder before intentional walks were issued to Howie Kendrick and Shuck. The count was 2-2 when Conger was hit in the torso by an inside pitch. 
The win went to Michael Kohn, the fifth Angels pitcher. The Mets didn't get a hit after Daniel Murphy's leadoff single in the eighth. The Angels loaded the bases in the eighth and had two aboard in the 10th, but Albert Pujols grounded out both times to end the rallies.He didn't figure in the decision, but Tyler Skaggs, the pride of Santa Monica High School, settled in and made an impressive home debut in front of 42,871 Angel Stadium fans.Slamming the door on the Mets after a two-run fourth inning had given them a 4-2 lead, Skaggs made it through seven innings and kept his team in the game with control (no walks), efficiency (89 pitches) and variety. His repertoire included a sinker that helped induce 12 groundouts to go with his four strikeouts.Through two starts with his hometown team, Skaggs has walked only one batter while striking out nine in 17 innings, his ERA an excellent 2.40.Mets right-hander Dillon Gee was protecting a two-run lead in the sixth when, with one out, he walked Howie Kendrick, who'd doubled and singled earlier.Shuck, recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake with the loss of Hamilton, turned on a Gee fastball and lifted it inside the right-field pole to bring the Angels even at 4.The homer was the third of Shuck's Major League career in 521 at-bats. Gee departed after a two-out single by Erick Aybar, turning it over to Carlos Torres. The right-hander struck out the dangerous Trout to leave two runners stranded.Trout's third homer of the season, a rocket to left center, got the Angels even in the first after singles from Eric Young and Murphy and David Wright's double-play grounder produced a run against Skaggs.Kendrick's double and Chris Iannetta's two-out single handed Skaggs a lead in the second. But catcher Travis d'Arnaud -- a product of nearby Long Beach -- smoked a first-pitch homer to get the Mets even in the third. It was his first homer of the season and second of his Major League career.Skaggs gave up a pair of fourth-inning runs on three consecutive hits, Josh Satin's two-run double coming after a single by DH Andrew Brown and an opposite-field, ground-ball double by Curtis Granderson against a shift.Showing his poise, Skaggs left Satin at third by retiring Juan Lagares and d'Arnaud. The angular southpaw didn't let Wright move past second after his leadoff double in the sixth, retiring Brown and Granderson and catching Satin looking at a third strike to end the threat.Lyle Spencer / MLB.com
The win went to Michael Kohn, the fifth Angels pitcher. The Mets didn't get a hit after Daniel Murphy's leadoff single in the eighth. The Angels loaded the bases in the eighth and had two aboard in the 10th, but Albert Pujols grounded out both times to end the rallies.He didn't figure in the decision, but Tyler Skaggs, the pride of Santa Monica High School, settled in and made an impressive home debut in front of 42,871 Angel Stadium fans.Slamming the door on the Mets after a two-run fourth inning had given them a 4-2 lead, Skaggs made it through seven innings and kept his team in the game with control (no walks), efficiency (89 pitches) and variety. His repertoire included a sinker that helped induce 12 groundouts to go with his four strikeouts.Through two starts with his hometown team, Skaggs has walked only one batter while striking out nine in 17 innings, his ERA an excellent 2.40.Mets right-hander Dillon Gee was protecting a two-run lead in the sixth when, with one out, he walked Howie Kendrick, who'd doubled and singled earlier.Shuck, recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake with the loss of Hamilton, turned on a Gee fastball and lifted it inside the right-field pole to bring the Angels even at 4.The homer was the third of Shuck's Major League career in 521 at-bats. Gee departed after a two-out single by Erick Aybar, turning it over to Carlos Torres. The right-hander struck out the dangerous Trout to leave two runners stranded.Trout's third homer of the season, a rocket to left center, got the Angels even in the first after singles from Eric Young and Murphy and David Wright's double-play grounder produced a run against Skaggs.Kendrick's double and Chris Iannetta's two-out single handed Skaggs a lead in the second. But catcher Travis d'Arnaud -- a product of nearby Long Beach -- smoked a first-pitch homer to get the Mets even in the third. It was his first homer of the season and second of his Major League career.Skaggs gave up a pair of fourth-inning runs on three consecutive hits, Josh Satin's two-run double coming after a single by DH Andrew Brown and an opposite-field, ground-ball double by Curtis Granderson against a shift.Showing his poise, Skaggs left Satin at third by retiring Juan Lagares and d'Arnaud. The angular southpaw didn't let Wright move past second after his leadoff double in the sixth, retiring Brown and Granderson and catching Satin looking at a third strike to end the threat.Lyle Spencer / MLB.com
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