ANAHEIM >> Davis Daniel likely did enough to earn another start, even though his teammates didn’t do enough to get him a victory.

Daniel gave up one run in five innings, but the Angels lost to the Colorado Rockies, 2-1, on Wednesday night after reliever Hans Crouse gave up a tie-breaking homer to Brenton Doyle in the eighth.

The only offense the Angels could muster was Logan O’Hoppe’s 15th home run of the season, wasting a solid pitching performance by Daniel and the bullpen.

For Daniel, it was a nice bounce-back for him after he had failed to maintain what he did in his first start.

Daniel, a 27-year-old right-hander, was brilliant in his first major league start, on June 27 against the Detroit Tigers. He worked eight scoreless innings without a walk. He threw 73 strikes among his 99 pitches.

In the next two starts, though, he gave up 12 runs. That earned him a trip back to the minors.

This time he threw 60 strikes among his 85 pitches, and he threw a first-pitch strike to 15 of 21 hitters.

The Angels’ No. 5 starter spot has been wide open for weeks, so Daniel likely earned another turn next week, most likely at Yankee Stadium.

After Daniel, the Angels turned to the two relievers who took the spots vacated by the trades of Carlos Estévez and Luis Garcia.

Right-hander José Marte pitched a scoreless sixth, working around a leadoff double, and right-hander Mike Baumann posted a zero in the seventh.

Crouse then allowed a homer in the eighth, and that proved to be the difference on a night when the Angels’ hitters were stymied by Colorado left-hander Kyle Freeland.

O’Hoppe’s homer was the only run Freeland allowed.

O’Hoppe also singled in the seventh, just before Zach Neto got a hit. That represented the Angels’ best shot at a “rally” in their seven innings against Freeland. But both runners were left on base when Brandon Drury struck out.

Drury started to show some encouraging signs of coming out of his slump last week, but since then he’s gone 1 for 15. He’s hitting .163 with a .440 OPS this season.

After Freeland was gone, the Angels had a shot in the eighth, when Jo Adell drew a leadoff walk and went to second on a sacrifice. Nolan Schanuel struck out.

Luis Rengifo then had to come out of the game after suffering an apparent injury on a swing. Rengifo had missed time earlier this month with wrist inflammation, but there was no immediate word on what happened to him this time.

Mickey Moniak replaced Rengifo and struck out.