ANAHEIM, Calif. wholesale nfl jerseys . -- Jason Vargas final start at home this season demonstrated why the Los Angeles Angels traded for him during the winter, and gave them even more to look forward to from him in 2014. Vargas earned his second shutout of the year with a four-hitter and Howie Kendrick homered, leading the Angels to a 3-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night. Vargas (9-7) threw 110 pitches, retiring 15 consecutive batters at one point and striking out five en route to his fifth shutout and 10th complete game in 153 career starts. The As, who clinched their second straight division title Sunday, remain a game behind the Red Sox for the best record in the majors following Bostons 8-3 loss at Colorado. "I think anytime you go up against a team that won the division, you want to pitch well and give it your best," Vargas said. "It was definitely a better game than the last one. I was able to control counts and was able to throw fastballs and curve balls. That made the changeup more effective." The left-hander, who was acquired from Seattle for slugger Kendrys Morales, is 3-3 with a 4.64 ERA in his last nine outings after missing almost two months because of a blood clot near his armpit. "That tells you a lot about how hard he worked to come back, and the professional that he is," pitching coach Mike Butcher said. "Hes pitched great baseball for us. We definitely missed him in the rotation those two months he was gone, because hes going to give you a chance to win every time he takes the ball. He definitely knows how to go out there and compete, and hes picked us up these last nine starts." Vargas becomes a free agent after the season and is hoping to be back with the Angels. "I didnt put any more importance on this one than any other start, regardless of the fact that I was (on the disabled list) or not," he said. "I was throwing good before that. And when you come back from something like that, youve got to make do with what youve got and let the chips fall. I definitely want to go out and pitch well every time out, but thats not going to happen." A.J. Griffin (14-10) gave up three runs and five hits over five innings. The 25-year-old right-hander was 4-0 in his previous five outings, including a no-decision last Wednesday against the Angels when he retired 17 of his final 18 batters and allowed one hit over six innings -- a two-run homer by Mike Trout. "A.J.s been consistent all year," manager Bob Melvin said. "Like anybody, hes had a rough stretch or two. But if you look at the overall body of work, its been a pretty consistent year for him and something to be proud of. Based on the way he pitched last year, this is about what we expected -- to be consistent and keep his team in games and win his share of them. And hes done all that." Griffin finished his first full big league campaign with a 3.83 ERA, 171 strikeouts in 200 innings, and a major league-worst 36 home runs allowed. The Oakland single-season record in that department is held by Catfish Hunter, who gave up 39 in 1973 and still won 21 games. "I feel pretty good about the season Ive had," Griffin said. "Its just about being competitive, pounding the strike zone and getting ahead of guys. Home runs happen, but its just part of baseball. Im just trying to contribute here. Weve got a great thing going on with this club and I look forward to being a part of it and doing great things here." For the second straight night, Kendrick homered his first time up after not hitting one in his previous 30 games. The Angels increased the margin to 3-0 in the third on Josh Hamiltons two-out, two-run single with the bases loaded. NOTES: The advance sale for Wednesdays home finale will easily put the Angels over the 3 million mark in attendance for the 11th straight season. 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Eric Hosmer added an RBI single for the Royals, who were able to earn a split in the series and won for only the second time in their last eight games overall. Luke Hochevar (4-6) worked seven effective innings, allowing two runs on six hits to pick up his first win since defeating Minnesota on May 1. TORONTO -- Yu Darvish isnt taking his very impressive start in the major leagues for granted. While he is adjusting from pitching in Japan to pitching in the majors, he realizes that the teams that he faces have never hit against him before. So he is not about to rest on his laurels after the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1 on Monday to put him at 4-0 record with a 2.18 earned-run average after five major-league starts. "Im very aware that all these hitters on the teams that are facing me, they are seeing me for the first time," Darvish said through a translator. "Its only April. So Im not thinking about how I did this month. Right now all Im thinking about is preparing well for the next one." The one Blue Jay who seemed to have Darvish figured out was designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion. He homered for the fourth consecutive game in the fourth inning and singled in the seventh inning against Darvish (4-0). It was the first homer allowed this season by Darvish. "I dont expect him to go 32-0," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. But the thing about him he will keep us in ballgames." So far there has been lots to like about the right-hander who was acquired from Japan by the Rangers in a bidding process. He held the Blue Jays to four hits and one run while striking out nine in seven innings. Mitch Moreland and Craig Gentry hit home runs for Texas against left-handed reliever Evan Crawford in the seventh. Joe Nathan pitched the ninth for his sixth save. Kyle Drabek (2-2) gave the Blue Jays six strong innings, allowing five hits and two runs while striking out eight as his earned-run average increased slightly to 2.40. "People wanted (Darvish) for a reason, hes a great pitcher, hes got good stuff, so he did a good job tonight," Drabek said. One of the teams that reportedly wanted him was the Blue Jays, who were rumoured to be in the think of the bidding war for his services. "Honestly, it was kind of an awkward feeling because rumour has it that this was a team that might have posted for me and there was some chance that I might have played for this team," Darvish said. "Facing the Blue Jays, they could have been my teammates." In Darvishs previous start on April 24, he held the New York Yankees to seven hits and no runs over 8 1/3 innings while striking out 10. "Every game is different," Washington said. "The hitters in the Toronto lineup are totally different than the hitters in the Yankees lineup. "He executed pitches. He got them in situations where, I mean, from my perspective his arm action was consistent on every single pitch threw whether it was a change-up, whether it was a slider, split, fastball, it didnt matter, Thats tough when your arm action is that consistent." Darvish pitched from the stretch even when there were no runners on base. Washington said he felt comfortable pitching that way. "t;We had a fairly thorough scouting report coming in," Blue Jays manager John Farrell said. Nike Roshe Run Uk Sale. "But the fact that he could throw his fastball to both sides of the plate and, as we talked prior to the game, he doesnt settle into any one pattern. He had a split that he could attack left-handers with, backdoor breaking balls as well. But obviously wasnt afraid to throw any one pitch in a given count." Farrell also had praise for Drabek. "I thought Kyle threw the ball very well for us, seemed to get stronger as the game went along until I felt like with his pitch count, it was time to remove him from the game," Farrell said. "But we had a couple of opportunities against Darvish but it seemed like he would get a strikeout when needed to shut an inning off." In the second the Rangers struck for a run on doubles by Adrian Beltre and Nelson Cruz. Darvish walked Adam Lind to start the home second and hit Encarnacion with a pitch before retiring the next three batters, two on strikeouts. Meanwhile the Rangers (17-6) added to their lead in the third. Ian Kinsler walked with one out and scored on a double by Elvis Andrus. But with two out in the fourth, the Blue Jays (12-11) began to figure out Darvish. Encarnacion hit his eighth homer of the season. It is the second time as a Blue Jay that Encarnacion has homered in four consecutive games. He also did it in the final four games of the 2010 season. Carlos Delgado and Joe Carter are the other two Blue Jays who have twice homered in four consecutive games. Eric Thames followed with a double to right but Brett Lawries grounder to short ended the inning. Crawford replaced Drabek to open the seventh and faced two batters, giving up Morelands third homer of the season and the first by Gentry to increase the Rangers lead to 4-1. Mike Adams replaced Darvish, who walked two and made 97 pitches, in the eighth inning. "Baseball is general," Washington said. "Its played the same no matter where you are. He was a star in Japan and the stuff he had in Japan it parlays over here. It just tells you that in the 4-0 start." Notes: Attendance at Rogers Centre was 21,945. ....Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton did not start Mondays game because of a stiff back. He is listed as day-to-day. Hamilton had started all the Rangers 22 games before Monday he came out of Sundays game against Tampa Bay after two innings because of the back....Beltre, the Rangers regular third baseman, was used as designated hitter on Monday to keep him off the artificial turf as much as possible. Michael Young played third for Beltre and batted third in the lineup instead of Hamilton. ...The run scored by Kinsler in the second was his 24th of the month, a club record for April....The Rangers will start right-hander Neftali Feliz (1-1, 3.00 earned-run average) on Tuesday right-hander Drew Hutchison (1-0, 6.10 ERA). ' ' '