The Angels’ freefall continued last week back in 1979, dropping their first four games of the week to fall out of first place in the American League West for the first time in 53 days. They recovered to win the final three games of the week to move back atop the division, but this figures to be a close race over the final four weeks.
After losing a series to the lowly Blue Jays to start the road trip the week before, the Angels started last week by getting swept in Detroit, including a pair of one-run defeats.