Roki Sasaki a playoff reliever? Don’t put it past desperate Dodgers
There’s desperate, and there’s desperate to where you’re looking for Roki Sasaki to be the answer to your team’s late-inning problems.The same Roki Sasaki who…
Zach Neto homers and the Angels defeat the Twins
Zach Neto hit a two-run homer, Mike Trout drove in two runs and the Angels beat the Minnesota Twins 4-3 on Wednesday.Trout’s sacrifice fly in…
Logan O’Hoppe takes backswing to chin in Angels’ win over A’s
Jo Adell hit his 35th homer, Travis d’Arnaud hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the eighth inning, and the Angels avoided a three-game sweep with…
Luis Rengifo big homer can’t save Angels from loss to Royals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Bobby Witt Jr. hit a two-out solo home run in the eighth inning and the Kansas City Royals beat the Angels 4-3 on…
Why the Dodgers aren’t moving Mookie Betts back to right field
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts wanted to set the record straight: Mookie Betts is his shortstop.“Mookie,” Roberts said, “will not go to right field.”Roberts repeated the…
Welcome to second place: Tumbling Dodgers are swept by the Angels
The result was historic. The way it happened was all too familiar.Never before, since interleague play began in 1997, had the Dodgers been swept in…
Matt Vierling hits three-run home run to lift Tigers over Angels
DETROIT — Matt Vierling hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning and the Detroit Tigers beat the Angels 6-5 on Friday night.With the Angels leading 5-3,…
Dodgers waste strong start from Tyler Glasnow in loss to Cardinals
The Dodgers’ Tyler Glasnow and the Cardinals’ Sonny Gray squared off in an old-school pitchers’ duel Monday. But both were watching from the clubhouse when…
Jorge Soler and Mike Trout hit homers, power Angels past Rangers
Jorge Soler hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning, Mike Trout went deep twice and the Angels beat the Texas Rangers 11-8 on…
Angels return to .500 by shutting out Braves
ATLANTA — Jo Adell’s run-scoring double in the eighth inning ended a scoreless tie and the Angels beat the Atlanta Braves 4-0 on Tuesday night.The Angels (42-42)…
Angels extend their winning streak and take series against Yankees
NEW YORK — Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered in the second inning to end New York’s 30-inning scoreless streak, but an error in the eighth inning gave the…
Michael Conforto caps comeback as Dodgers split series with Mets
It was supposed to be a day off for Freddie Freeman.Dodgers manager Dave Roberts quipped before the game that the 35-year-old veteran first baseman had…
José Soriano delivers big game for Angels in win over Guardians
CLEVELAND — José Soriano threw six scoreless innings, Mike Trout had a hit in his return to the Angels’ lineup in a 4-1 win over the Cleveland…
Dodgers bullpen melts down as road trip ends with loss to Guardians
CLEVELAND — The Dodgers got five good innings out of Clayton Kershaw on Wednesday. Then they let it go to waste in a five-run eighth inning.Despite leading…
Teoscar Hernández and Kiké Hernández power Dodgers past Pirates
\The Dodgers entered Saturday night’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on a three-game losing streak with hits and runs increasingly difficult to muster. Home runs,…
Prep sports roundup: Hunter Manning strikes out 12 in West Ranch win
Hunter Manning lives so close to the West Ranch High baseball field that he can hear sounds of balls being hit in the batting cage…
Prep sports roundup: Cypress takes over first place in Crestview League
Cypress has had one of the toughest nonleague baseball schedules this season, with games against Harvard-Westlake, Sierra Canyon, JSerra, Loyola, Bishop Amat and Aquinas.It has…
Prep sports: Corona stays unbeaten with rally in 7th inning
Having never trailed all season, No. 1-ranked Corona High faced its first bout with adversity on Wednesday in an opening game of the National High…
José Soriano helps deliver Angels to shutout win over White Sox
CHICAGO — Yoán Moncada hit an RBI single against his former team in the eighth inning, and the Angels blanked the Chicago White Sox 1-0 on Saturday.Jorge…