Matt Shoemaker Giving Angels Some Hope After Devastating Garrett Richards Injury

The Los Angeles Angels suffered a potentially crushing blow Wednesday night when they lost ace Garrett Richards for the next six to nine months with a torn patellar tendon in his left knee.

Richards' injury couldn't have come at a worse time for the Angels, who currently hold a two-game lead over the Oakland A's in the American League West with an MLB-best 76-50 overall record. With the right-hander sidelined for the rest of the season, the Angels' rotation suddenly is much less threatening, especially in the context of a fiv...

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