It stayed scoreless into extras before things unraveled fast. Wyatt Langford doubled home the tying run in the 10th, and after Elias Duran followed with a single, a throwing error by Angels third baseman Denzer Guzman let Langford scamper home with the winner. Reliever Blake Joyce didn't record an out in the frame.
Neither club is chasing much beyond pride and payroll efficiency at this point, but the shapes are different. Texas has stayed within shouting distance of a wild-card berth all summer at 63-65, while the Angels sit buried at 51-77 with a rotation and bullpen depth chart that reads like an infirmary. Los Angeles still had life in the tank — an 18-3 demolition of Houston right before this series — proof the roster can still hit when the matchup is right, even if the record says otherwise.
For a game that produced almost nothing offensively for 9 innings, the finish delivered plenty. Detmers gave the Angels every chance to steal one on the road, and it still came down to a bounce-back throw that got away from Guzman at third. Texas will take the extra-innings escape and move on; Los Angeles gets a strong start from Detmers to build on in what's shaping up to be a lost season otherwise.