Ohtani drives in five as Dodgers rout Angels 15-2
Shohei Ohtani drove in five, and the Dodgers punished every Angels mistake in a 15-2 rout that extended their winning streak to four.
Shohei Ohtani turned a sloppy Freeway Series game into a blowout, driving in five runs as the Dodgers pounded the Angels 15-2 and kept exposing how quickly extra outs can sink a club that is already reeling. The Dodgers won for the fourth straight time, the Angels lost for the fifth straight, and the difference at Angel Stadium in Anaheim was not just power. It was discipline, timing and the willingness to capitalize every time the Angels slipped.
The game cracked open in the sixth inning, when the Dodgers scored five times and left the Angels no room to recover. Andy Pages and Max Muncy drew bases-loaded walks, Teoscar Hernández was hit by a pitch to force in another run, and Alex Call capped the surge with a two-run single. Justin Wrobleski, who improved to 6-1, gave the Dodgers six innings and allowed two runs, an important answer after the club had been forced into an unscheduled bullpen game Friday because Blake Snell was scratched late.
That pitching detour could have left the Dodgers vulnerable, but Wrobleski steadied them and the offense did the rest. Mookie Betts homered, and Pages added another important defensive play in the fourth when he made a diving catch in center field to keep the Angels from tying the game. On the other side, José Soriano gave up six runs in 5 1/3 innings, and Jo Adell accounted for the Angels’ only runs with a two-run double.
Ohtani then finished the evening with the kind of late damage that makes him impossible to ignore. He drove a two-run triple in the eighth after Adell’s throwing error, then added a bases-loaded double in the ninth as Dodgers fans broke into MVP chants. The ballpark’s new netting down both foul poles played into the eighth-inning sequence, when Adell initially did not field the ball as a live hit. Ohtani finished 2 for 4 with two walks and two runs scored, giving him his first five-RBI game since June 22, 2025.
The performance was also his third extra-base hit in two games, a sharp turn after he managed only one extra-base hit in the first 12 games of May following an 0-for-17 slump from April 29 to May 4. Dave Roberts said the couple of days off helped Ohtani “get a reset,” and Ohtani said he was “just happy” to contribute in front of both Dodgers and Angels fans. For a contender, that kind of clean execution keeps adding up. For a team that keeps giving away extra chances, it becomes a rout.
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