Youngsters will be on display in stretch run

ANAHEIM — The non-waiver Trade Deadline often forces teams to pick a path. The moves that are made — and usually the ones that are not — typically convey how respective front offices feel about their rosters, either good enough to compete in the immediate summer or better off clinging to hopes for the seasons that follow. And with all that comes a sense of closure.

The Angels — 11 games below .500 and 14 1/2 out of first place when July finished, even though they won four more games than they lost that month — are there now. It is, unofficially, time to see what they have in the young players who could determine the team’s future. And that’s why nights like Tuesday, which ended in a 5-4 win over the division-rival A’s, are so encouraging.

Jett Bandy, seeing more time behind the plate because Geovany Soto has a sore right knee, tied the game with a two-run homer. Jefry Marte, drawing starts against lefties because C.J. Cron broke his hand, provided the lead with a three-run shot. And Cam Bedrosian, the de-facto closer because Huston Street was placed on the disabled list before the game, struck out the side to hold a one-run advantage in the ninth, recording his first career save.

Prior to the game, Angels manager Mike Scioscia was adamant in saying that “there’s absolutely no white flag being rung up” by his club, even though the trades of Hector …

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