It played out that way eventually, but not cleanly. Los Angeles built a 4-2 lead in the eighth without much traffic on the bases, courtesy of solo homers from Moises Ballesteros and Zach Neto off Irvin, and for a few innings it looked like the finale would end with the Angels avoiding the sweep rather than absorbing it.
Washington's answer came all at once. Jacob Young's go-ahead double highlighted a four-run eighth that also included an RBI triple off the wall, and by the time the inning ended a two-run deficit had flipped into a two-run lead. Erik Tolman picked up the win in relief and Jack Sinclair closed it out, while Luke Murphy took the loss after allowing four runs in the inning that decided the game.
CJ Abrams and James Wood didn't need a homer to matter here — both collected multiple hits, an extension of a season in which each has already cleared 30 home runs and 20 stolen bases, one of the rarer power-speed pairs the sport has seen from a single lineup. For the Angels, the finale bookends a series that opened with a Mike Trout homer and closed instead with production from Ballesteros and Neto — flashes of individual talent on a club that's mostly been playing out the string.