In a neighbour’s game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Angels, Jack Kochanowicz, a rookie right-hander, was able to pitch into the seventh inning while Yoan Moncada successfully hit a first-inning home run as the Angels topped the Dodgers 6-2 to open a three-game series on Friday.
Zach Neto delivered a two-run double for the Los Angeles Angels while Nolan Schanuel gave a two-run single. Kochanowicz (2-5) gave room for one run on five hits with four walks and five strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings, ensuring ground-ball double plays.
Kenley Jansen, a former closer for the Los Angeles Dodgers, pitched a scoreless ninth, a single attempt on five with four walks, with the inclusion of strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings, ensuring
Shohei Ohtani, a former star of the Angels, produced two hits for his side, the Dodgers, while Will Smith and Hyeseong Kim also took two hits each. Four runs on six hits over five innings with eight strikeouts were surrendered by Dustin May (1-4).
A third home run this season by Moncada produced the Los Angeles Angels’ 2-0 lead, while a double from Neto increased the lead to 4-0 in the fourth. The Los Angeles Dodgers produced their only early run in the bottom half.
A two-run single by Schanuel cemented the victory for the Angels, while Ohtani had his 16th homer of this season in the eighth.
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