With two outs in the eighth, Shoemaker faced the top of the Yankees' lineup for the fourth time and got in trouble once more, giving up back-to-back singles to Jacoby Ellsbury and Brett Gardner. That prompted Angels manager Mike Scioscia to remove Shoemaker, even though he had only thrown 93 pitches, in order to turn around the switch-hitting Beltran.
Beltran -- with an .875 OPS against righties and a .728 OPS against lefties heading in -- got a 1-1, 91-mph fastball out over the plate and sent it out to right field to give New York its only lead. Aroldis Chapman then closed it out in the ninth.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
3-run HR drought ends: Beltran's decisive homer in the 8th -- his 14th of the season -- was the Yankees' first three-run home run since April 7.
Shoe stays aggressive: Shoemaker got a tough-luck loss, but continued his dominant run of pitching. He has now recorded 37 strikeouts since his last walk, in the second inning at Dodger Stadium on May 16. And he was two strikeouts away from becoming the first pitcher since at least 1913 to go four straight starts with zero walks and at least eight punchouts. He has a 2.37 ERA over his last four starts.
WHAT'S NEXT
Angels: Veteran left-hander David Huff will be called up to make a spot start at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, his first in the Majors this year. Huff, who spent parts of the 2013 and '14 seasons with the Yankees, has a 5.08 ERA in 388 career Major League innings and a 5.40 ERA in three starts for Triple-A Salt Lake. The game is scheduled for a 4:05 p.m. PT first pitch.
Yankees: Right-hander Michael Pineda (2-6, 6.41 ERA) has struggled, but appeared to turn a corner on June 2 in a 5-4 Yankees win at Detroit, tossing 5 2/3 innings of one-run ball with eight strikeouts and no walks. He'll hope to continue that good fortune against the Angels in a 7:05 p.m. ET start.
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Alden Gonzalez has covered the Angels for MLB.com since 2012. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook, and listen to his podcast.
Joshua Needelman is a reporter for MLB.com based in New York.
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Beltran's 8th-inning HR sends Yanks past Halos
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