Zach Neto homered to lead off today’s game. 1-0 Angels.
Nolan Schanuel grounded out and Tony Gonsolin started bleeding on his throwing hand. After a bandaid was applied, he walked Yoan Moncada. Taylor Ward hit a home run to make it 3-0 Angels.
Jorge Soler grounded out. Travis d’Arnaud walked. Matthew Lugo struck out swinging to end the Angels’ first.
Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts both hit long fly outs. Will Smith walked but Freddie Freeman struck out swinging.
The Angels went three up three down in the top of the second. The Dodgers followed suit. Nolan Schanuel walked and Yoan Moncada singled to put men at first and second with no outs for Taylor Ward. Ward flied out and Soler struck out. Travis d’Arnaud singled to score Nolan Schanuel. 4-0 Angels.
In the bottom of the third, Shohei Ohtani managed a hit to break up the no-hitter. The inning still ended at 4-0 Angels.
There was no further scoring until the bottom of the fifth inning when a walk, a throwing error by d”Arnaud, and a hit resulted in an unearned Dodger run. 4-1 Angels. Will Smith walked to bring up Freddie Freemen with the bases loaded and two outs. Freeman hit an easy fly ball to left to end the inning.
In the bottom of the sixth, Yusei Kikuchi was injured covering first and had to leave the game. Tommy Edman was out on the play. Brock Burke came in to pitch.
In the bottom of the seventh, Shaun Anderson came in to replace Brock Burke with two men on and two outs. Will Smith homered to tie the game. 4-4 tie.
Travis d’Arnaud homered to left to make it 5-4 Angels in the eighth.
That score stood as the Angels began the top of the ninth inning. Back to back singles by Neto and Schanuel put men at first and third with no outs for Yoan Moncada, who hit into an RBI double play. 6-4 Angels.
Taylor Ward struck out. Shaun Anderson then retired the Dodgers in order, including striking out Shohei Ohtani to end the game. Angels win. Angels sweep!
