Milwaukee came in as the road favorite for good reason — 69 wins, a top-of-market ace on the mound, and consecutive wins over this exact opponent the two nights prior. None of that mattered once the Angels put a two-spot on the board early and made it stand up.
The Brewers' offense, which had produced 6 and then 3 runs in the previous two meetings, went completely dark this time — 5 hits, 0 runs, shut out for the first time in a while against a team with baseball's worst record. Whatever Misiorowski had on the mound, his lineup gave him nothing to work with.
It's the kind of result that keeps this Angels season from being a total wipeout — a spoiler win over a contender, snapping a five-game skid against the team playing the best baseball in the league. For Milwaukee, it's a shrug-and-move-on afternoon; at 69-41 with a rotation this deep, one blanked-out getaway day changes nothing about where this team is headed.