Ureña, Meckler lead Angels to shutout win over Brewers

ANAHEIM, Calif. (Interstat) — Walbert Ureña pitched six scoreless innings and Wade Meckler homered to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 3-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday afternoon at Angel Stadium of Anaheim.

The Angels, who lost the first two games of the series, scored twice in the second. Meckler’s fly ball to right-center field brought home Vaughn Grissom. Los Angeles added a run in the eighth when Zach Neto singled to third baseman David Hamilton, scoring Denzer Guzman.

Ureña (7-7) allowed three hits and struck out seven. Jacob Misiorowski (11-5) took the loss, giving up two runs on two hits with ten strikeouts in seven innings. Ryan Zeferjahn earned his fourth save, tossing 1 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out four.

Milwaukee had five hits, while the Angels had four. Attendance was 31,061, and the game took 2:25. The Brewers fell to 69-42, while the Angels improved to 43-69.