Los Angeles Angels Kole Calhoun ‘confident’ in offense.

Los Angeles Angels outfielder Kole Calhoun is remaining optimistic about the rest of the season, as is the rest of the team, as the team’s offense has come alive the past few weeks.

The Los Angeles Angels started April in a funk, as has been a problem they’ve had for several seasons now.

Injuries contributed to an 11-13 month of April where they scored only 80 runs, 24th in the Majors.

The Halos were a playoff-bubble team to begin with, but watching them struggle through the first month of the season was painful and convinced some that the team shouldn’t even bother thinking about the postseason this year.

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The skeptics had more reason to worry about the Halos after the team found a way to lose eight of their first 10 games in May, including getting swept in six-straight games at the Big A.

As hard it was to believe at the time, there was reason to be optimistic when reading inside the lines.

The offense, which was nowhere to be found in the first month of the season, found it’s step and Mike Trout, Albert Pujols and company started playing like their usual selves.

Trout, who hit .291 with five home runs and 13 RBI in April, caught fire the following month. He finished May batting .340/.445/.613 with seven longballs and 27 RBI in the month.

Pujols went from batting .176 in April to .278 in May, and Johnny Giavotella limped through an ugly .182 in April before batting .348 in May, second only to Cliff Pennington‘s .364 average with a (minimum of 30 at-bats).

Upon further examination, the Angels season really has been a tale of two months.

In April, eight players (including six starters) batted .267 or worse.

In May, seven players hit at least .278 and five of them batted over .324.