It wasn't just that they took two of three from the division-rival Rangers, whom they now trail by 2 1/2 games for the second Wild Card spot in the American League. It wasn't just that they won right before facing two of the game's best pitchers, Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw, on back-to-back days. It's that the Angels did it, largely, by getting production out of the bottom third of their lineup, long a black hole.
David Freese, Carlos Perez and Taylor Featherston, the Nos. 7-9 hitters in the series finale and for the foreseeable future, combined to go 8-for-11, scoring five runs, driving in two others and drawing a walk.