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06/09 23:48 CDT Angels score 5 runs in 2nd inning and ride Walbert Urea's
scoreless outing to 10-1 win over Astros
Angels score 5 runs in 2nd inning and ride Walbert Urea's scoreless outing to
10-1 win over Astros
By MIKE DiGIOVANNA
Associated Press
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) --- Wade Meckler and Jo Adell keyed a five-run second
inning with two-run doubles, and Walbert Urea navigated heavy traffic through
five shutout innings to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 10-1 victory over the
Houston Astros on Tuesday night.
Houston put two runners on in the first, second and fifth and loaded the bases
in the third, but Urea (4-4) pitched out of each jam to lower his ERA to 2.44
on the season and 1.84 in eight starts since early May.
The 22-year-old right-hander gave up three hits, struck out seven and walked
five in his 107-pitch effort, which included a 97 mph fastball to whiff Joey
Loperfido with the bases loaded to end the third.
The Angels scored two unearned runs off starter Kai-Wei Teng (3-5) in the
first, one when Nolan Schanuel was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and the
other on Oswald Peraza's RBI grounder.
Backup catcher Sebastin Rivero sparked the Angels' second-inning rally with a
one-out single. Zach Neto was hit by a pitch and Mike Trout snapped an 0-for-22
slump with a single to load the bases.
Meckler doubled to left-center for two runs and a 4-0 lead. Adell doubled to
left to make it 6-0, and Peraza's RBI groundout extended it to 7-0.
The Angels added three insurance runs in the eighth on Trey Mancini's sacrifice
fly and RBI groundouts by Peraza and Denzer Guzman. Los Angeles relievers Brent
Suter, Drew Pomeranz and Kirby Yates covered the final four innings.
Schanuel, who has been slowed by a left ankle injury, exited after three
innings because of left calf tightness.
Rivero, who also singled in the third and has seven hits in his last seven
at-bats, was removed in the fifth because of a left wrist injury.
Up next
Astros RHP Peter Lambert (5-4, 3.55 ERA) will oppose Angels LHP Reid Detmers
(2-5, 4.26) in Wednesday night's series finale.
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