MILWAUKEE -- The line drive was just high enough that Rafael Ortega thought he had a chance, just low enough to make him consider playing it on a hop.
"Not too high, not too low," Ortega said. "I feel like those are the toughest plays for us outfielders, those line drives like that."
Ortega's indecisiveness lasted only a split second in Monday's fifth inning, but it was long enough to produce an in-between hop, long enough to reward Yadiel Rivera with two extra bases, and long enough to show up as a critical mistake in the Angels' 8-5 loss to the last-place Brewers at Miller Park.