There was some turbulence, a few hits and runs along the way, but an Angels bullpen that lost setup man Joe Smith on Saturday to a left-ankle sprain nailed down the final 12 outs of Tuesday night's win and the last 14 outs of Wednesday's win over the Houston Astros.
Mike Morin got five outs Wednesday, continuing a September surge in which he has a 1.13 earned-run average and 15 strikeouts in eight innings. Fernando Salas got three outs Tuesday and two on Wednesday. Left-hander Jose Alvarez got one out in each game.