Dodgers vs. Angels Game Highlights (5-15-26) - MLB Highlights

Great crowd on hand at Angel Stadium. Last year, the Angels won all six matchups against the Blue. Halos have won seven in a row against the Dodgers. They'll try to make it eight tonight. It'll be the right-hander Jack Kohanewicz making his ninth start of the season. Shelly Otani so far this season has been really good when he's ahead of the count, not as much as far as the power when he's behind the count. And a strikeout to start the game, Jack Kohanewicz. And another strikeout to start this ballgame. Jack Kohanewicz sits down the first two. Another strikeout on the changeup. See how far out in front. Already a pair of punch-outs against the Dodgers. In the inner center field, Mike Schad's got a beat on it, and that's how the inning comes to a close. Dodgers go in order, one, two, three. Here comes right-hander Will Kline. It's a little different look for the Dodgers on the mound. We thought Blake Snell was going to start this game. He has been scratched. Will Kline gets the nod. I guess Kline is just that guy for the Dodgers when they need an arm to go get you some innings. Call Will Kline. They did in game three, and he was excellent to help the Dodgers survive enough before Freddie Freeman hit the home run. So a quick, clean inning for Kline. Angels go down, one, two, three. Jack Kohanewicz this year has been a lot different at home versus on the road. This is fourth home start. When he was pitched in this building, he is pitched to a 1.53 ERA. That's straight in there. That's in there. I would do that, too. That's a strike. Yeah, that's a strike all the way. Good decision. Here's Max Muncy. Three-team ground ball hit right to second. Peraza will throw out Muncy, and that's six straight retired by Kohanewicz. And the first pitch breaking ball slips away from Kline and hits Neto. If you're going to get hit, that's about pretty much as good as it can go for you as a batter. So Neto's on, leads the Angels with seven steals, and there's a ground ball base hit off the bat of Josh Lowe. It's going to roll out to Teoscar Hernandez. So now here's Logan O'Hoppy. A lot of speed on the bases, too. Logan O'Hoppy hit the right field. Tucker is there, and that will do it. Angels end up leaving a pair on. I don't know what it is about Jack Kohanewicz against some of the better teams in baseball. Dominated the Dodgers a season ago. Now is through the minimum through two innings. Kohanewicz has had a tendency to rise to the moment. Hits a ball right at Nolan Shonowell, who's there to secure it for the second half. That's why you have a glove out there. That's why you throw strikes. Thank you very much. Dodgers looking for their first baserunner of the game against Kohanewicz. And Hassan Kim will be that first baserunner. Off the glove, a peraza in the shallow center. A two-out single. Kim was such great speed, and now Shoei Otani comes up. That's going to end up being a walk to Otani. Two on, two out for Mookie Bates. Here's the 1-0, and it's a little tapper in front of the plate. Kohanewicz has it, throws, and throws a strike to Shonowell, and the inning is over. 1-3 on the bouncer. Jack Kohanewicz has been good against the Dodgers so far in his career. He's been good tonight. Three-score was in it. Smith hits it in the air in a shallow center field. That's going to fall in front of track for a single. Sometimes when you see a swing like that, you anticipate it being going a little bit deeper. Kyle Tucker bats now for the Dodgers. The importance of the command, the walks burn Kohanewicz. Now here he is, a walk to put two on and nobody out. Okay, so here is Andy Paez. Strikeout victim his first time up. Gets away from Ohabi back to Kohanewicz, and on the wild pitch, both runners advance. And this is the last thing you want to see in this situation. Ohabi was, in his first game, coming back from the injured list, dealing with a left wrist fracture, now holding that left wrist. And Ohabi worked so hard to get back quickly for the Angels, and I guess he's dealing with that pain now as he'll stay in the game. The way he's swinging pies, I would not be surprised if Dave Roberts gave him the green light here. Paez to center field, Trout on his horse. He's at the wall. It's good! Andy Paez had a green light, swinging 3-0 and swinging the Dodgers into the lead. Home run number 10 this season for Paez, and it went 407 feet. He was ready, and it's a lot of trust in your manager to give you a green light there, and he made Kohanewicz and the Angels pay for it. 0-2 on Muncy, trying to back it up. Guys have been carrying this lineup for most of the year. Paez and Muncy, 4-0 Dodgers. Hit his 10th. Max just hit his 12th. One in. 2-0 to Oscar. Here's one that's popped in the air, shallow right field, going back on the outfield grass, making the catch on that one a nice sprawling catch by Peraza, the second baseman. That was a nice play. That's a first out. Another stop by Peraza, throw from his back. Play for the Ages right there for Peraza. Boy, a couple of sparkling defensive plays in the inning here by Peraza. He threw that one almost lying on his back from the outfield grass and got it there in time. The Dodgers up on the Angels, 4-0. All four runs coming in the last inning on two swings. Andy Paez with a three-run shot. Max Muncy went back-to-back with a solo blast. Now Oltani in the air, left field, toward the corner low. He reaches up. He can't get there. It's off the running track and the base of the short wall. A leadoff double for Oltani. Look out. He's caught off second. He got back just in time. The ball kind of skipped away in the throw-in for the Angel defense. He's just feet away from hitting that. Swing him like he's hitting the ball to the left center. Beds to Grissom. Able to hold Oltani at second for the first down. Will Smith now bats. Grissom, diving stop, long throw. He got it. What a play that was. Lujanowicz pointing to Grissom there. That's some outstanding plays. A third just right over that bag, I guess. And what a throw. You think about the Angels lately and the play of Grissom and Peraza and what they have meant in the Angel offense. In this game tonight, the defense from those two has been electric. Tucker walked and scored his first time or his last time up, I should say. Hits the ball hard towards the gap. Adele closing in. And Joe Adele takes a run away. And finally, we're seeing Joe Adele take a run away without going over a wall to make the play. Sam, this has been a defensive exhibition tonight. Looks like that's going to be it for Logan O'Hoppy tonight. Sebastian Rivero coming into the game. O'Hoppy and his first game back from the left wrist injury. Sebastian Rivero comes into the game to catch. Andy Paz is the biggest swing of the night so far. Three-run homer his last time up. Dodgers with a 4-0 lead, top of the sixth. Nice play again by another fielder for the Halos attack. That was a nice play. Muncie to right field. And he's got his second hit. One on and one out for the Dodgers in the sixth. The Teoscar coming up. They are 0 for 2. Fly ball. Right field. Hit deep. This ball's back, and it is. Just got over the yellow line in right field. Teoscar Hernandez with a two-run shot. And how good does that gutter feel for Teo? He had gone 23 straight games without a homer. He's got one now. Finally some sunflower seeds. Don't you love the fact that it's to the opposite field? That is the sign of better things to come. Alex Pescea has entered the contest for the Dodgers. Nineteenth game already this season. Really the second time over the last three seasons now. Hebron was forced into a bullpen game. The Halos have really had a tough time against a bullpen game by the Dodgers. Second strikeout of the inning for Pescea. And there's a swing and a miss. Ball bounced in, throwing to first to complete the strikeout. Will Smith and the Angels are retired as Pescea ends up striking out three in the inning. Dodger fans enjoying the lead right now. I mean, I can understand why that Angel fan has been a little frustrated not seeing the Angels score yet in this game. Jack Dreher, he was in 67 games for them a year ago, made five starts, had four saves. First batter he will face will be Peraza. Right fielder Kyle Tucker hardly has to move, and he would like to catch in medium right. You want to see some consistent offense, but it does make it more difficult when you're dealing with different arms, different velocity, different spin. He immediately started walking to the third base dugout. Dreher picks up his second strikeout of the inning, this one looking. Charlie Barnes enters the game for the Dodgers. He's getting called up from AAA Oklahoma City earlier today after the news that Blake Snell was going to the 15-8 injured list with those loose bodies in his left elbow. Jorge Soler is the first batter he'll face. Really need to get Soler locked back in again. He's driving in run after run in their early part of the season. First out in the inning. Guys sitting on fastballs, high-velocity fastballs, they have a changeup. They're throwing the timing off of hitters. Broken bat for Joe Attell. That was a changeup there again. The most pitchers use in a Dodgers shutout all time is eight. Charlie Barnes is their eighth tonight. If Barnes can get the last out, this would be just the 10th instance since 1901 that a team has thrown a shutout using at least eight pitchers. Drifting back, he makes the catch, and that's a win for L.A. They take the freeway series opener by a final of six to nothing, their fifth shutout victory of the year and second in the last three games.