Boxscore Breakdown #71: Tight squeeze – Angels 4, Astros 3

Second Guessing Scioscia – Quality over quantityimage (2)The Angels earned a dose of hope for their up-and-down season, but doing so was a tight squeeze both figuratively and literally. The Halos didn’t generate much offense outside of two Albert Pujols dingers, but strong pitching seemingly was going to make that enough. That was until the bullpen faltered. Fortunately, that faltering included a game-tying double bouncing at just the right angle to hop over the outfield wall to become a ground-rule double instead of a go-ahead double.

To retake the lead, the Angels resorted to a literal squeeze, with a Daniel Robertson squeeze bunt to plate the game-winner. Of course, even that was oddly…