Iwakuma (15-9) beat the Angels on Friday, while allowing two runs and striking out four hitters in 6.1 innings pitched. In a close game, Iwakuma was pulled in the seventh inning after 80 pitches due to an undisclosed injury. He gave up solo homers to Kole Calhoun and Mike Trout, but other than the sixth-inning blasts Iwakuma was on his game. In his last regular season start of the year, Iwakuma ends 2014 with a 3.52 ERA and 154 strikeouts.