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Angels can’t overcome Weaver’s short outing
- Updated: July 24, 2016
HOUSTON — On the first, Evan Gattis extended his arms and lofted an outside-corner curveball just over the left-field scoreboard that sits 315 feet away from home plate. On the second, the Astros’ catcher spun his hips on a changeup that hung out over the heart of the plate and drilled it 420 feet away.
“He hit one that could’ve been an out at a lot of different parks,” Gattis’ victim, Jered Weaver, said. “Then he hit one that is a home run in every park.”
With that, the Angels lost, 7-2, on a Saturday night at Minute Maid Park, suffering their 10th consecutive defeat against the division-rival Astros, the surging young team that is now a Major League-best 36-16 since May 23.
You have to go all the way back to 1980 to find a longer losing streak against a single team in Angels history.
They’ve also suffered 10 consecutive losses to the Red Sox, White Sox, Indians and A’s. Beyond that, there was an 11-game losing streak against the Tigers and a 12-game losing streak against the Orioles, both of which stretched from 1979-80, with the latter season …
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