ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. —
Every time the Angels seem to have figured it out, their season has changed.
After a strong opening couple weeks, they slumped for the next month and a half. They began June well against a soft spot in the schedule, but on Friday lost their fourth in a row and seventh out of the last 10.
Things could be worse than their 36-39 record, given the injuries to Mike Trout, Anthony Rendon and others. Their situation could be better too, still 11 games out of the AL West lead and 8½ back in the wild-card race despite Shohei Ohtani’s historic two-way performance.