Michael King, Mason Miller help Padres stymie Angels

Michael King allowed one hit over five shutout innings en route to his third straight victory and Mason Miller struck out two during a perfect ninth to pick up his eighth save as the San Diego Padres edged the Los Angeles Angels, 2-1, in the rubber game of their three-game series on Sunday afternoon in Anaheim, Calif.

King (3-1) walked four, hit a batter and struck out six before departing after throwing 105 pitches, 63 for strikes.

Miller extended his scoreless inning streak that dates back to Aug. 6, 2025 to 32 2/3 innings, one short of the San Diego record set by Cla Meredith in 2006. He touched 102.9 mph with one of his fastballs but got back-to-back strikeouts of Vaughn Grissom and Logan O’Hoppe with his slider to end the game.

Xander Bogaerts went 1-for-2 with two walks, an RBI and a run and Bryce Johnson doubled amongst two hits and an RBI for San Diego, which won its fifth straight series while improving to 13-2 over its last 15 games.

Walbert Urena (0-2) took the loss in his first major league start, allowing two runs on four hits and two walks over six-plus innings while striking out eight.

San Diego took a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning when Fernando Tatis Jr. led off with a single, stole second and scored on a two-out ground single to center by Bogaerts.

The Padres extended the lead to 2-0 in the seventh. Urena started the inning with back-to-back walks to Bogaerts and Gavin Sheets. Sam Bachman relieved and got Miguel Andujar to pop out and then struck out pinch-hitter Jake Cronenworth before Johnson lined a single to left, driving in Bogaerts.

Los Angeles cut the lead to 2-1 in bottom of the seventh against reliever Kyle Hart. Oswald Peraza led off with a double and Travis d’Arnaud was hit by a pitch. After Adam Frazier sacrificed the runners to second and third, Zach Neto drove in Peraza was a groundout to short.