Angels Defeat Slumping Dodgers 6-1
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tyler Chatwood pitched seven strong innings, fellow rookie Mark Trumbo homered and Vernon Wells added a three-run shot as the Los Angeles Angels defeated the rival Dodgers 6-1 Saturday for their second straight win in the Freeway Series.
The Angels are 10-3 in their last 13 games at Dodger Stadium, and improved the AL West's only winning road record to 24-19.
The Dodgers lost their third straight and eighth in their last 11.
Chatwood (5-4) retired the first 10 Dodgers he faced before Jamey Carroll singled up the middle in the fourth. Andre Ethier then grounded into an inning-ending double play.
The right-hander allowed one run and four hits, struck out five and walked three while improving to 3-0 in his first three career interleague starts. Chatwood allowed a run for the first time in his last three road starts.
Hiroki Kuroda (5-9) gave up two runs and three hits in five innings, equaling his shortest outing of the season. The right-hander struck out two and walked one in extending his career-long losing skid to six games. He hasn't won since May 17 at Milwaukee.
Kuroda had a 1.82 ERA in his first four June starts, but once again, the Dodgers failed to provide decent run support.
Dodgers slugger Matt Kemp was ejected in the fifth inning for arguing a called third strike after he returned to the dugout.
Leadoff hitter Dee Gordon dropped to 0 for 9 in the series, while Carroll had one hit in replacing struggling Juan Uribe as the No. 2 hitter in the lineup.
The Angels extended their lead to 6-1 in the eighth, scoring four runs with two outs. Wells' three-run homer came off Hong-Chih Kuo and Bobby Abreu added an RBI single.
They led 1-0 when Erick Aybar, whose two-run homer lifted them to an 8-3 win Friday night, tripled with two outs in the third, scoring Chatwood, who singled.
The Angels made it 2-0 in the fourth on Trumbo's 13th homer, which leads all AL rookies. His two-out shot landed in the Dodgers' bullpen in left field, the same place Wells' homer landed.
The Dodgers' lone run came after Kemp's ejection. James Loney and Aaron Miles singled and Trent Oeltjen walked to load the bases before Chatwood walked A.J. Ellis to force in the run. Pinch-hitter Casey Blake lined into a double play to end the inning.
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