"Dan Haren got rattled.

He wrestled with his mechanics. His splitter was failing him. The New York Mets were hitting him, stealing on him and then rushing him between pitches and ultimately out the game three batters into the fifth inning.

Saturday's 6-1 loss marked the shortest outing of the season for the Angels' stalwart right-hander. Haren (6-5) lasted only four-plus innings, giving up seven hits and a season-high six runs (all earned), a two-run Carlos Beltran home run and one walk.

Of his 89 pitches, 58 were strikes. Beltran homered on a fastball inside. The other hits were off fastballs, his occasionally flat cutters and a splitter that kept rising too high in the zone."