The Angels have won five in a row and nine of their last 10, their latest triumph coming on Giavotella's two-out, bases-loaded, ninth-inning single at Coors Field. They're now a season-best eight games above .500 and a mere 1 1/2 games back of the first-place Astros, who held a five-game lead as recently as five days ago.
"We're not looking at the standings at all," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "Our challenge is in-house. We have to keep getting better as a team. I think the focus is good; there's really not a lot of distractions there. We've had a lot happen the last couple weeks, and these guys keep playing baseball.