It was a classic case of a struggling player trying to do too much, of perhaps over-thinking a situation, and the result was a huge missed opportunity in a game filled with them for the Angels, who lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks, 3-2, in Chase Field on Wednesday night.
The Angels were down by a run in the top of the seventh inning when Chris Iannetta led off with a single to center field and pinch-hitter Efren Navarro hit a ground-rule double to right-center off reliever David Hernandez.
Up stepped leadoff man Erick Aybar, who was mired in a one-for-26 slump that included several failed bunt attempts.