MILWAUKEE — Another day, another injury and ultimately, another loss for the Angels.
Starting pitcher Jose Soriano was the latest Angels player bitten by the injury bug after suffering a right forearm contusion when he was hit by a 107 mile-per-hour line drive off the bat of the Milwaukee Brewers’ Jake Bauers during the second inning of the Angels’ 9-2 loss to the Brewers on Wednesday night at American Family Field.
That inning turned out to be pivotal as Milwaukee went on to score five runs – three coming on Christian Yelich’s 30th home run of the season – after right-hander Connor Brogdon took over for Soriano (10-11) with one out and the bases loaded.
The early lead made life easy for Brewers starter Brandon Woodruff (7-2). Just as Freddy Peralta did in the series opener on Tuesday,