There will be disappointing and maybe ominous nights, and Monday was one of those, unless your prevailing desire is to see the sorry Angels keep digging toward six feet.
The lead in the West is now one game. The cushion for the fallback right to travel (most likely to New York) for a one-or-done Wild Card matchup is four games.
But the lead in the West: One.
And if they’d come away with anything other than that four-game sweep over Houston last week, the Rangers would be second in the division right now.
A one-game lead.