Los Angeles Angels at Los Angeles Dodgers

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Los Angeles Angels

18-25, 9-15 Away

Final
6 - 2

Los Angeles Dodgers

29-16, 17-5 Home

Kochanowicz limits Dodgers, and Angels turn 5 double plays in 6-2 win in Freeway Series opener

Zach Neto knocks in a couple with a double

The last-place Angels led 2-0 on Moncada’s homer on his first pitch from Dustin May in the first inning.

May hit Matthew Lugo and Tim Anderson back-to-back before Zach Neto’s two-run double to left extended the lead to 4-0 in the fourth.

Kochanowicz (3-5) allowed one run, struck out five and walked four in winning back-to-back starts for the first time this season.

The Dodgers closed to 4-2 on Shohei Ohtani’s 16th homer off Ryan Zeferjahn in the eighth. Max Muncy’s RBI double provided their first run.

The Angels answered with Nolan Schanuel’s two-run single that made it 6-2 in the ninth.

May (1-4) gave up four runs and six hits in five innings. He struck out eight and walked two.

Moncada left after irritating his right thumb injury in the top of the ninth.

Key moment The Angels turned four of their five double plays behind Kochanowicz, who owns the second-highest groundball rate in the American League since July 11, 2024. The double plays tied a Dodgers record and were the most by an opponent since Aug. 7, 2015, at Cincinnati.

Key stats Dodgers rookie Hyeseong Kim streak of reaching base ended at nine plate appearances when he grounded out in the eighth.

Up next LHP Clayton Kershaw comes off the injured list to make his 18th season debut for the Dodgers on Saturday. LHP Tyler Anderson (2-1, 2.58 ERA) was set to start for the Angels.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Conforto flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Smith to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Pages struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Muncy popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Adell in right field.
	9th Inning	Smith singled to right.

Statistics

LAA		LAD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	16
15	Strikeouts	7
6	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	5
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	29
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	1
13	Fly Balls	6
0	Caught Stealing	0
166	Pitches	134
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
16	Total Bases	11
41	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	2
5.7	Runs Created	2.4
.278	Batting Average	.241
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.444	Slugging Percentage	.379
.250	Secondary Average	.310
.366	On Base Percentage	.353
.810	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.732
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	2.7
5.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.4
43.0	Batter Rating	20.0
36.0	At Bats Per Home Run	29.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.05	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.94
.167	Isolated Power	.138
0.20	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.71
.073	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.147
-.028	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.069
12.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.5	Balls In Play Average	0.3
88.0	MLB Rating	75.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0