Angels’ offense clicking since calendar hit July

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ANAHEIM — When Mike Trout’s line drive sailed into the bullpen Monday night, it gave the Angels a Major League-leading 95 runs in July, only 15 fewer than what they produced in 13 more games throughout a hapless June.

The 9-5 victory it prompted, over the first-place Rangers, was the Angels’ eighth over their past 10 games, which followed a 2-12 stretch.

Their best baseball is coming a little late.

“If you look at the standings, man, we have a lot of ground to cover,” Kole Calhoun said of the Angels, 11 games below .500 and 13 1/2 games out of first place. “We have to think day by day, just like we’re doing. And go out and play good baseball. Since the All-Star break, we’re playing great. It’s kind of how we wanted to draw it up all season.”

The Angels — without C.J. Cron, who will be out until at least late August because of a fractured left hand …

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