DENVER — The two teams that sent the Angels to the first seven games of their losing streak – the Seattle Mariners and Milwaukee Brewers – are in first place in their divisions.
And then came No. 8, against a team whose season ended around Mother’s Day.
The Angels lost, 7-6, to the Colorado Rockies on Friday night, falling to a team that for much of the year was on pace to break record for futility set by the Chicago White Sox last season.
Those White Sox, you might remember, swept the Angels last September, a brief respite on their way to 121 losses.
The Rockies (42-112) assured themselves that they won’t equal the White Sox’s record by virtue of their victory over the Angels on Friday.
The Angels (69-85) are now in the midst of their longest losing streak since they dropped 14 in a