LA Times · Aug 2, 2018
Angels drop below .500, again, in 7-2 loss to Rays
If the Angels are going to make some kind of late-summer run, if not to make the playoffs at least to make things interesting in the American League wild-card race, they might want to start soon.
They remained stuck in neutral in a 7-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays before a sparse crowd of 9,132 in Tropicana Field Wednesday night, their third straight defeat dropping them to 54-55 and keeping them 9 ½ games behind Seattle and now Oakland for the last playoff spot.
Since June 25, the Angels have remained within two games of .500, either one or two games above or one or two games below the mark of mediocrity, the very definition of a team spinning its wheels.