Hunter Strickland allows game-tying homer in 9th and Angels lose in 10

ANAHEIM — It took only two save opportunities for Hunter Strickland to blow one.

The veteran right-hander got both ninth-inning leads after the Angels traded veterans Carlos Estévez and Luis Garcia, and on Thursday night he gave up a game-tying two-run homer in the Angels’ 5-4, 10-inning loss to the Colorado Rockies.

The Angels were an out away from a victory when Strickland allowed a homer to Jake Cave.

The Rockies got their automatic runner home in the top of the 10th with...