"All that was missing was Alistair Cooke.

Dan Haren and Justin Verlander staged an episode of Masterpiece Theater on Tuesday night, two of the game's best right-handers squaring off in Angel Stadium for an epic pitchers' duel.

Verlander had the more impressive resume, a nine-game winning streak, American League pitcher of the month honors for June, an 11-3 record, 2.32 earned-run average and a league-leading 130 strikeouts.

But Haren got the best of the Detroit ace, throwing his fourth career shutout, a two-hitter with nine strikeouts and no walks to lead the Angels to a 1-0 victory and their 10th win in the last 12 games.

Haren (9-5), who ran his scoreless innings streak to 162/3 and lowered his ERA to 2.65, retired the last 15 batters after giving up Jhonny Peralta's leadoff single in the fifth inning. He threw 122 pitches, 87 for strikes. He threw first-pitch strikes to 23 of 30 batters.

One other thing: Haren, showing what Manager Mike Scioscia called "the best split-fingered fastball we've seen in a long time," earned his 100th win.

"Danny should frame that one, because that was incredible," Scioscia said. "That's a very tough lineup — they have power all the way through — and he's facing Verlander, who is not going to give you much room for error. He kept a great offensive team off-balance all night."

Verlander suffered his first loss since April 27, giving up one run and seven hits in 72/3 innings, striking out eight and walking two. After being pulled in the eight inning, Verlander gestured at two umpires and was ejected.

Angels designated hitter Bobby Abreu was ejected in the first inning for arguing a called third strike. Tigers Manager Jim Leyland was ejected before the seventh inning, and Detroit pitcher Rick Porcello was ejected in the ninth."