ora . ▁So jo ▁himself ▁scored ▁on ▁the ▁play ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁Lang ston ' s ▁throwing ▁error , ▁and ▁Lang ston ▁was ▁replaced ▁by ▁relief ▁pitch er ▁Bob ▁P atter son . ▁ ▁Now ▁trailing ▁by ▁five ▁runs , ▁the ▁Ang els ▁threatened ▁again ▁in ▁the ▁e ighth ▁in ning ▁with ▁run ners ▁on ▁second ▁and ▁third , ▁but ▁Hud ler ▁ground ed ▁out ▁to ▁end ▁the ▁threat . ▁In ▁the ▁bottom ▁of ▁the ▁e ighth , ▁the ▁Mar in ers ▁again ▁had ▁the ▁bases ▁loaded ▁when ▁T ino ▁Mart ine z ▁sing led ▁to ▁score ▁Ed gar ▁Martínez , ▁followed ▁by ▁a ▁Dan ▁Wilson ▁double ▁that ▁scored ▁Jay ▁Bu hner ▁and ▁B low ers , ▁and ▁finally ▁a ▁sacrifice ▁fly ▁double ▁play ▁hit ▁by ▁C ora ▁that ▁scored ▁T ino ▁Mart ine z , ▁but ▁got ▁Wilson ▁thrown ▁out ▁at ▁third . ▁Tony ▁Phill ips ▁led ▁off ▁the ▁nin th ▁for ▁the ▁Ang els ▁with ▁a ▁home ▁run ▁to ▁avoid ▁a ▁shut out , ▁but ▁Johnson ▁retired ▁the ▁next ▁three ▁Ang els ▁hit ters ▁to ▁record ▁his ▁sixth ▁complete ▁game ▁and ▁ 1 8 th ▁win ▁of ▁the ▁season . ▁ ▁Imp act ▁ ▁The ▁Ang els ' ▁defeat ▁in ▁the ▁tie bre aker ▁marked ▁a ▁continu ation ▁of ▁the ▁team ' s ▁strugg les ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁closest ▁the ▁Ang els ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁post season ▁during ▁their ▁play off ▁dr ought ▁that ▁last ed ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁through ▁ 2 0