Dodgers Highlights: Mookie Betts On Fire as Gonsolin, Bullpen Great in Win
The four Dodger All-Stars showed the Angels why they are going to Seattle. The Dodgers pummeled the Angels 11-to-4 on Friday night with Mookie Betts leading the way with a three extra base hit night.
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Tony Gonsolin used six pitches to retire the Angels in the first. His command was much better than in his four previous starts. He had a perfect second and third. Gonsolin allowed a three-run homer in the fourth, but he settled down to retire the next three batters. In the fifth, Gonsolin performed well. Trying to go 7 innings, Gonsolin allowed a solo home run. Gonsolin went 6.2 innings with 5 strikeouts and 1 walk.
Freddie Freeman blasted his 16th home run in the first, in the second, J.D. Martinez socked his 21st homer of the season, and in the third, Mookie Betts hit his 24th homer in the season. After Will Smith singled and Max Muncy walked, Martinez doubled in Smith.
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Against former Dodger Tyler Anderson, the Dodgers struck out in the fourth. In the fifth, Betts went yard again. In the sixth, Betts doubled scoring James Outman and Miguel Rojas.
In the eighth, Outman scored on Rojas’ double, and Rojas scored on an error. Will Smith hit a two-run homer.
Alex Vesia struck out Shohei Ohtani on three pitches to end the seventh. Brusdar Graterol and Ryan Brasier combined to toss scoreless eighth and ninth innings to win it.
The D-backs also won on Friday night so the Dodgers remain a half game back in the NL West.
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The Dodgers will conclude their schedule before the All-Star break at 6:10 PM PDT.
