MIKE TROUT and Jose Siri collide while going for s deep fly ball on Tuesday night. Angels lost 5-2 to Brewers (Angels photo).

Orange County Tribune

The Los Angeles Angels are locked in an August race, but it’s not the kind you brag about.
After Friday’s 5-2 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers in Anaheim, they’ve lost four straight games and – if there was ever a race to the bottom – defended their position in last place among all Major League Baseball teams.

The Halos are now 42-68, for a .382 winning percentage. The Colorado Rockies – worst team in the National League – won 3-1 over the Kansas City Royals and are now 43-67, falling into “second” in the underwater race with a .391 percentage.

Against the Brewers, the Angels were able to muster only four hits, including a two-run home run by Denzer Guzman.

Angel starter Ryan Johnson (2-6) lasted 4.1 innings, giving up six hits and five runs. He struck out three batters and walked three.

For Milwaukee, Shane Drohan (6-4) pitched six innings, giving up four hits and two runs. He struck out seven batters and walked one.

The teams will meet again on Saturday at the Big A. The Angels will send Jose Soriano (9-0) to the mound. The Brewers (68-41 and first in the NL Central) will try Robert Gasser (3-4).

No relief for Dodgers  vs. Boston Red Sox

Shohei Ohtani continued to be hot for the Los Angeles Dodgers at bat, homering (his 24th) and doubling against the Boston Red Sox, but the bullpen wasn’t.

The BoSox scored five runs in the seventh inning en route to a 9-4 win. The chief victim was Cole Irvin, who worked a long middle relief stint of six innings, yielding eight hits and six earned runs. He walked three batters and struck out five.

The Dodgers are 69-41 and remain in first place in the NL West. The Red Sox are 58-51 and third in the AL East.