Dodgers Recap: Dodgers Rally to Tie, But Angels Pull Away Late in 6–4 Loss

LOS ANGELES – Tony Gonsolin took the mound for the Dodgers in Sunday afternoon’s series finale against the Angels. He lasted just four innings, allowing four earned runs on four hits, including two home runs. Gonsolin also walked five and struck out three. Despite sustaining a cut on his right thumb during the outing, he remained in the game.

The Dodgers recorded their first hit in the third inning, when Shohei Ohtani lined a single over the third baseman’s head. Freddie Freeman added a single in the fourth. Those were the only two hits the Dodgers managed until the sixth inning.

Gonsolin’s day ended after four innings, and he was relieved in the fifth by Lou Trivino, who appeared to be making his Dodgers debut. Trivino looked sharp, tossing two scoreless innings in relief.

In the sixth, Ohtani drove in the Dodgers’ first run with an RBI single that scored Kiké Hernández from second base. Later in the inning, the Dodgers loaded the bases, giving Freeman a chance to deliver a big blow, but he flew out to left field, stranding all three runners.

The Dodgers kept the pressure on in the bottom of the seventh, putting multiple runners on base to set the stage for Will Smith, who came through with a clutch three-run homer to tie the game at 4–4.

The Angels quickly answered in the top of the eighth when Travis d’Arnaud launched a solo home run off Anthony Banda, who was in his second inning of work, reclaiming the lead for Los Angeles.

Luis García came on in the ninth to try to keep the deficit at one, but he allowed an insurance run that extended the Angels’ lead to 6–4.

Despite the Dodgers’ late-inning rally, d’Arnaud’s go-ahead homer proved to be the difference. The Dodgers were unable to mount another comeback in the ninth, ultimately falling short in a hard-fought 6–4 loss. With the defeat, they dropped the series finale but will look to bounce back as they open their next homestand against the Arizona Diamondbacks.