ANAHEIM, Calif. Divoc... Origi Belgium Jersey . -- Against Jered Weaver, the Oakland Athletics had no choice but to swing the bat. They couldnt take a lot of pitches and fall behind in the count. He just wasnt missing. Weaver scattered seven hits, but won for the sixth straight start this season, and the Angels snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-0 win over Gio Gonzalez and the Athletics on Monday night. "Coming into the game, you know that Oaklands hitters are kind of patient, for the most part," Weaver said. "But they came in and took some early hacks -- which was kind of surprising. So I had to throw some off-speed stuff early. What you want to do is get ahead with first-pitch strikes. My location is a lot better and Im feeling real good out there mechanically." Weaver, last years major league strikeout leader, threw first-pitch strikes to each of his first 15 batters and finished with 10 Ks. He walked one and allowed only one runner as far as third base, lowering his ERA to a major league-best 0.99 and overtaking Josh Johnsons 1.06 mark with Florida. Weaver threw 114 pitches while sending Oakland to its third shutout loss in five games. It was the his third shutout and fourth complete game in 150 career starts. The Angels were coming off a four-game sweep by Boston in which they were beaten 5-0 and 7-0 in the last two games. "Obviously, we didnt do what we wanted to do against Boston, but our boys came to play tonight and were able to get me a couple of runs early off a great pitcher," Weaver said. "It wasnt just me. The guys played great defence behind me." The right-hander, who had won only one of his previous 11 starts against the As, beat Texas 4-1 with a six-hitter last Wednesday. He didnt get his sixth victory last season until June 13, and it took him 14 starts to do it. "He did a good job of keeping us off-balance," Oakland catcher Kurt Suzuki said. "We got our hits, but when he needed to make a pitch, he made a pitch. And he mixes it up. When youre sitting on an off-speed pitch, he throws a fastball. He throws everything, and he throws it for strikes." Weaver got his 70th career victory, reaching that total with a better winning percentage (.642) than anyone in the franchises 51-year history. The previous best was .588, by Nolan Ryan and Frank Tanana. Weaver began his big league career in 2006 by going 9-0 in his first 12 starts after he was promoted from the minors two months into the season. He is the first pitcher in the majors with six victories in his teams first 23 games since Randy Johnson did it with the 2002 Arizona Diamondbacks. "Obviously, the run support really wasnt there too much last year, but I still wanted to compete and give us a chance to win," Weaver said. "But those guys have been helping me out a lot so far, and thats definitely contributed to my success so far. Any time you get five runs midway through the game, it takes a lot of pressure off your shoulders and you can go out there and attack the hitters." Gonzalez (2-2) was charged with five runs -- four earned -- and eight hits in five innings while striking out five. It was only the second time in the left-handers last 20 starts that he didnt pitch at least six innings. The As have totalled four runs in his last four outings, including a 1-0 win at Minnesota. "Our whole pitching staff as a whole, they dont worry about who theyre going up against," Suzuki said. "Maybe it comes into play, but when they go out there, their mindset is to keep the team in the ballgame and give us a chance to win. Gio got his ground balls, but they hit some balls hard and strung some hits together. Gios tough to hit against, so when a team scores runs off him, its a credit to them." 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After falling behind early, the younger, quicker Nuggets picked up the pace and made a game of it. Now, theyll try to duplicate their up-tempo style to make this a competitive series. Denvers transition game is fueled by Ty Lawson and Corey Brewer, but the Nuggets have to tighten things up on defence, force Bryant to take tougher shots and clear out Bynum underneath. "Pace is huge, but we have to get stops," Lawson said. "You cant run after their make a dunk or a 3. Its easier to run when you get a rebound. The main thing is we have to get stops." Both players took solace in their second-half surge in Game 2 that cooled off Bryant and Bynum if just for a bit. "We have to do that from the beginning of the game," Brewer said. "We have to run it." Too often so far, Bynum has cleaned up the glass on for put-back dunks off misses by Bryant or Paul Gasol, and thats thwarted the Nuggets superior speed. "Weve been doubling him the whole time. But offensive put-backs is the main way he scores," Lawson said. Bryant was scoring from all over. He made 15 baskets in 29 attempts and finished with 38 points in Game 2. "When hes making shots like that when you are in his face, its tough for us to guard that," Lawson said. "You have to put a hand in his face and hope he misses." And then pray that Kenneth Faried, JaVale McGee or Kosta Koufos outmuscles Bynum for the board. "Hes playing with tremendous energy," Nuggets coach George Karl said about Bynum. "Hes the biggest body in the NBA, the most difficult body to keep away from the rim and everybody has problems with him. We double-teamed him pretty well in the first game. The last game they did a better job of keeping our double team man occupied a little bit." The Lakers enjoy a huge edge in experience in this series, and its shown. "They are a vet team. We have three guys from last years team," Lawson noted. "We arre still a fairly new team. wholesale nfl jerseys. " One that cant capitalize on its superior speed when Bryant is knocking down tough shots and Bynum is cleaning up the glass. "I think its the experience of their stars between Gasol and Kobe," Karl said. "Gasol doesnt put great numbers up, but hes probably their best passer out there on the court, and he just understands whats going on as well as anyone on the court. For a 7-1 guy to do that is pretty incredible stuff. I guess Kobes will to win the game falls under experience. Its a mental talent. "Our players have to understand we need five, maybe six guys playing at a high level to win. They might only need two or three." The Nuggets, who lost the series opener 103-88, believe theyve finally found their rhythm known as "playoff basketball." "Last nights game was great," Karl said Wednesday. "I thought we were really good last night in the second half. Had a chance to quit on the game and we didnt. We came back and had a chance to win the game. "Im not happy with how we are shooting the ball and some other things. I thought it was a great step for us. I thought we moved forward in a positive way to be ready for Friday night. You want to win the game, but the step we took was the next best thing." Karl spent Wednesday preaching about correcting the little things. "My talk today was about rebounding and taking care of the paint more than its about Bynum and Kobe," Karl said. "We can figure out situations, but we cant give up lay-ups as much as weve been giving them up and we cant give them second shots. We have to get more conscience about rebounding the ball after we make stops. Our defensive stops on first shots is pretty good." The Nuggets terrific transition game is predicated on making stops and kicking the ball out quickly. "We have to think more about more defensive playmaking that rebounding the ball," Karl said. "If we get that into a game, I think our offence will be productive." They might be facing a man on a mission, however. After scoring a career playoff-high 27 points Tuesday night, Bynum insisted he wasnt satisfied. "Im going to go home and watch the mistakes I made," Bynum said. "I just left a lot out there. I can do better. I want to be perfect." ' ' '