In the grand scheme of it all, a Matt Thaiss bases-loaded at-bat in the middle of a 3-0 loss is a tiny speck of dust in the universe of a baseball season.
In the midst of the Angels’ late-July tightrope act, though, where every chip at a wild-card deficit is one step closer to either side of a trade-deadline pendulum — buy or sell, stand pat or white flag — each moment becomes a potential domino. Each moment buzzes with potential energy, the best player in baseball dangling in the balance, the future of an organization potentially at stake with any given night until August 1 passes.
So in a parallel universe, catcher Thaiss would have hit a screaming line drive after an eight-pitch at-bat to score a couple runners and leave the Angels with a 2-0 lead Saturday, buoying Reid Detmers to a win and a three-game wild-card deficit.
In reality, Thaiss’s screaming line drive landed in Pirates second baseman Nick Gonzales’ glove before he promptly doubled off Taylor Ward at second base. Hunter Renfroe followed with a feeble strikeout that prompted a slapped bat and washed away a drop-in-the-bucket opportunity to break a scoreless game.
Detmers surrendered two runs the following inning after a dazzling start, muddying a nine-strikeout performance. Trey Cabbage grounded into a bases-loaded double play in the ninth that ended the Angels’ four-game winning streak.
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