Angels' Weaver Blanks Indians 7-0

CLEVELAND (AP) - Jered Weaver, staked to a seven-run lead after two innings, earned his first win in more than a month as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Cleveland Indians 7-0 on Wednesday night.

Weaver (12-11) retired 21 of the 22 batters he faced over seven innings to snap the longest losing streak of his career at four games. He is 1-4 in seven starts since defeating Detroit 4-2 on Aug. 6.

The right-hander struck out seven to take over the AL lead with 218, four more than Seattle's Felix Hernandez. He retired the first 11 men he faced until Shin-Soo Choo hit a sharp single past second baseman Howie Kendrick with two outs in the fourth. That gave the outfielder a .476 (10 for 21) career average against the Angels ace.

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