Angels Bury Dodgers Behind Rivero’s 5-for-5, 6-RBI Night

LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — The Los Angeles Angels erupted for six runs in the seventh inning Sunday afternoon at Dodger Stadium to erase a one-run deficit and defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 13-5, snapping a five-game losing streak in the Freeway Series and salvaging the finale of the three-game set.

José Soriano pitched six innings for the Angels, allowing five runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out three to improve to 7-4. Emmet Sheehan took the loss for the Dodgers, surrendering six runs on eight hits and four walks over four innings as his record fell to 3-3.

The Angels, now 25-41, had lost each of the prior five meetings against the Dodgers this season, including the first two games of this series by scores of 9-2 and 1-0. The Dodgers, who lead the National League West at 42-24, were seeking a three-game sweep.

Attendance was 49,535 for the evening contest, which lasted 3 hours, 29 minutes.

The Angels jumped ahead in the second inning. Jo Adell singled and Nick Madrigal walked, moving Adell to second, then Jose Siri walked to load the bases. Sebastián Rivero lined a two-run single to center field, scoring Adell and Madrigal for a 2-0 lead.

The Dodgers answered in the third. Shohei Ohtani singled and Freddie Freeman singled, putting runners at the corners. Kyle Tucker grounded out to the catcher, scoring Ohtani to cut the lead to 2-1.

The Angels extended their lead in the fourth. Adell singled, Madrigal walked and Siri sacrificed them to second and third. Rivero then lined a two-run single to right field, making it 4-1.

In the fifth, Wade Meckler walked, and after two strikeouts, Adell singled. Madrigal walked to load the bases, and Siri singled to right field, scoring Meckler and Adell to push the lead to 6-1.

The Dodgers mounted a rally in the sixth. Tucker walked and Max Muncy flied out. Alex Call reached on a throwing error by shortstop Zach Neto, putting runners at second and third. Dalton Rushing then launched a three-run homer to right-center field, his eighth of the season, tying the game at 4-4. Ryan Ward followed with a solo homer to right-center, his second, giving the Dodgers a 5-4 lead.

That set the stage for the Angels’ decisive seventh inning. Nolan Schanuel walked and Adell crushed his 10th homer of the season to left-center field, scoring Schanuel and tying the game at 5-5. Madrigal singled, Siri singled and Rivero singled, bringing Madrigal home to give the Angels a 6-5 lead. Neto then launched a three-run homer to center field, his 12th, scoring Siri and Rivero and extending the lead to 9-5.

The Angels added a run in the ninth when Siri singled and Rivero doubled to left, scoring Siri for the final 13-5 margin.

Angels batters collected 15 hits, with Rivero leading the way with four hits, four RBIs and a double. Adell had three hits, including the homer, and drove in two. Neto had two hits, including the homer, and three RBIs. Siri had three hits and two RBIs.

Dodgers batters managed 11 hits. Ohtani had two singles, Freeman had two singles, Rushing had a home run and a double, and Ward homered. Tucker went 0 for 4 but drove in a run on a groundout.

On the mound for the Dodgers, reliever Jonathan Hernández struggled, allowing six earned runs on seven hits in 1⅔ innings. Blake Treinen gave up two earned runs on two hits in one inning. Kyle Hurt allowed one earned run on two hits in 1⅓ innings with three strikeouts. Edgardo Henriquez pitched 1⅔ scoreless innings with three strikeouts, and Jack Dreyer pitched 1⅓ scoreless innings with two strikeouts.

The Angels had lost the first two games of the series after being swept at home by the Dodgers in May. The Dodgers had won nine of their previous 11 games overall before Sunday’s loss.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Los Angeles Angels 5. Interstat’s ELO system had projected the Dodgers with a 77.60 percent probability to win. The Dodgers had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total score of 18 went under the over-under line of 8.5.