Roki Sasaki allowed one run on four hits over seven innings and Kyle Tucker went 3-for-5 with a double and three RBIs as the Los Angeles Dodgers completed a three-game Freeway Series sweep of the Los Angeles Angels with a 10-1 victory on Sunday afternoon in Anaheim, Calif.
Sasaki (2-3) didn’t walk a batter for the first time in 16 career starts and struck out a career-high eight batters. He threw 91 pitches, 69 for strikes, while garnering his third career victory.
Shohei Ohtani went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and a run scored, Hyeseong Kim also had two hits, an RBI and two runs scored and Andy Pages drove in two runs for the Dodgers, who won their fifth straight game.
Nolan Schanuel had two hits and a run scored, Mike Trout had a double and Yoan Moncada had an RBI single for the Angels, who lost their sixth straight game and for the eighth time in nine games.
Grayson Rodriguez (0-1), obtained in a trade in the offseason from the Baltimore Orioles for outfielder Taylor Ward, made his first start since July 31, 2024, after undergoing Tommy John surgery and suffered the loss. Rodriguez, who hit 99 mph with his fastball, allowed seven runs on seven hits over 3 2/3 innings. He walked four and struck out four.
The Dodgers, who outscored the Angels, 31-3, in the three-game sweep, took a 2-0 lead in the second inning. Tucker led off with a single and advanced to third after back-to-back walks to Max Muncy and Dalton Rushing. Miguel Rojas then drove in Tucker with a sacrifice fly, and Kim followed with an RBI single.
The Dodgers broke the game open in fourth inning with five runs on five hits, including two-run singles by Ohtani and Pages.
The Angels cut the lead to 7-1 in the bottom of the fourth on a two-out ground single to right by Moncada, driving in Schanuel, who had singled and advanced to second on a wild pitch.
The Dodgers added three more runs off reliever Ryan Johnson in the ninth, highlighted by a two-run double by Tucker.
