Jul. 16—ANAHEIM — The wheels were put into motion for the Angels’ gut-wrenching 9-8 loss to the Houston Astros long before the ninth-inning nightmare that ended it on Sunday. Alex Bregman’s two-run homer against Jaime Barría put the Astros on top after they had trailed by four runs at the start of the eighth. The heavy reliever usage from Saturday’s dramatic victory — including an injury to…