Dodgers walk all over Angels for 4th straight win

The sixth inning was the key to the Dodgers’ 15-2 win over the Angels on Saturday night. Justin Wrobleski the day after a bullpen game completed six innings for his sixth straight start, and the Dodgers broke open the game with five runs in the sixth inning against Halos ace José Soriano.

After a four-game losing streak earlier in the week, the Dodgers have now won four straight.

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Shohei Ohtani walked and Mookie Betts singled to open the game, setting up the first run. The Dodgers have scored first in each of their last five games, including runs in the first inning in three of those contests, after no opening-frame tallied in 11 of their previous 12 games.

Soriano has allowed five first-inning runs in his 10 starts this season, but had only allowed six total runs in his other 49 1/3 frames, before the sixth inning on Saturday.

Believe it or not, Soriano did not allow another hit after the Betts single, but gave up five more runs. That’s because with one out in the fifth inning, Soriano walked two batters, hit Smith with a pitch, then walked two more batters to force in two runs and end his night.

Chase Silseth relieved him and was wild in his own right, plunking Teoscar Hernández for another run without a hit. Alex Call broke things open with a two-run single to close the book on one of the oddest pitching lines you’ll ever see.

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Soriano walked a career-high six batters, which helped charge six runs to his ledger despite only one hit allowed. He’s just the fifth pitcher ever to give up at least six runs to the Dodgers on either zero or one hit:

• Lefty Weinert, Phillies (1923): 0 IP, 0 hits, 4 walks, HBP, 6 runs (4 earned)

• Red Lynn, Cubs (1944): 1 1/3 IP, 1 hit, 5 walks, 6 runs (5 earned)

• Elvis Araújo, Phillies (2016): 1/3 IP, 1 hit, 3 walks, HBP, 6 runs (2 earned)

• José Soriano, Angels (2026): 5 1/3 IP, 1 hit, 6 walks, HBP, 6 runs

That sixth inning really warped what to that point was a tight game, with Wrobleski tasked with lasting as long as he could after the Dodgers used eight pitchers in a bullpen game in the series opener on Friday night.

The left-hander was up to the task, with five strikeouts and a walk in six innings, and threw 65 percent of his pitches for strikes. The Angels did not score against Wrobleski until a two-run double by Jo Adell in the sixth inning, after the Dodgers already scored six.

Jorge Soler led off the fourth inning with a double to give the Angels their best early threat against Wrobleski, and they nearly scored. Nolan Schanuel peppered a ball 99 mph off the bat to the gap in right center field but Andy Pages swooped in with a diving, rolling catch to end a scoreless inning.