The Angels surrendered a lead in the eighth, but then scored two runs in the ninth to go back on top and held on for a 5-4 win. Anthony Rendon and Taylor Ward drove in runs in the ninth, and then Hunter Strickland pitched the ninth.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. The slumping Tampa Bay Rays believe in themselves.
Baseball’s best team for much of this season has seen a historic start give way to a July swoon that’s loosened its hold on th.