The Angels had won just five of their previous 19 games, were coming off a three-game sweep in which they amassed only one hit in 32 at-bats with runners in scoring position and had scored just one run through the first six innings against Jeremy Guthrie, who allowed 14 of them over his last two starts.
Then came Wade Davis, pitching the eighth inning with a four-run lead after missing the last seven games with tightness in his lower back. And Trout -- with 10 hits and 18 strikeouts in 53 at-bats since returning from an injury to his left wrist -- lined an RBI double to deep center field, setting him up to score on a groundout and pull the Angels within two.