Players won’t call an early July win over Arizona a must-win, but the alternative wouldn’t have been good.
ANAHEIM – This could be a make-or-break juncture in the Angels’ season. And by those standards, Sunday’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks might have been about as must-win as you can get for the first weekend of July.
“I think we try to take everything one day at a time, and we’re going into each and every game confident that we can win that game. … It’s baseball. Four-game skids are going to happen. But to be able to cut it off right there and, you know, beat a good pitcher like Gallen is huge. And, you know, we just want to ride the momentum into the next series.”
Outside of that clubhouse bubble, we take note that the Angels were once among the three wild-card teams in the American League but are now two games behind the Yankees for the No. 3 spot. And we also take note of history, and the nine-year postseason drought, and previous cold streaks that have ground promising Angel seasons into dust.
“Well, I’m having some of my coaches over at my house tonight,” manager Phil Nevin said following the game. “And I was gonna cancel everything if we lost five in a row,” he added, drawing laughs. This team, with these players, shouldn’t ever have a prolonged losing streak, right? Add another strong start from Reid Detmers , adding to a rotation that entered the day third in the majors in ERA . And add to that another lockdown performance from closer Carlos Estévez, who is 21 for 21 in save opportunities with a 1.85 ERA but still found himself omitted from the All-Star pitching staff announced Sunday.
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