Kershaw fans 11 as Dodgers mow down Angels
LOS ANGELES -- Joc Pederson homered twice, and Clayton Kershaw delivered another solid performance, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium.
Kershaw struck out 11, walked none and limited the Angels to one run on four hits in eight innings. He extended his streak of 10 or more strikeouts to six consecutive games, making him the fifth pitcher since 1900 to have a streak at least that long, according to ESPN.
Kershaw (6-1) has won all four of his starts in May, and he is 4-1 in five starts at home this season.
Closer Kenley Jansen pitched a perfect ninth for the Dodgers in a non-save situation.
Corey Seager also homered for the Dodgers, who ended a two-game slide. Seager, who has an eight-game hitting streak and has homered four times during that run, went deep off Angels starter Jered Weaver in the seventh inning for his seventh long ball of the season.
Weaver (3-3) served up four runs (three earned) on 10 hits with two walks and two strikeouts in seven innings. Weaver has a 2-2 mark in six career starts at Dodger Stadium.
The Angels (17-22) had their four-game winning streak snapped.
The Angels pushed across a run in the second inning on three singles and a balk. Albert Pujols led off with a base hit up the middle and advanced to second when Kershaw faked a pickoff throw but was called for a balk instead by first base umpire Ed Hickox.
Two batters later, Shane Robinson drove home Pujols for a 1-0 Angels lead with one out.
The Dodgers (21-19) tied the score in the third when Angels center fielder Mike Trout dropped Justin Turner's fly ball, which would have been the third out of the inning, at the wall for an error. Chase Utley scored on the play.
After Howie Kendrick opened the fourth with a base hit, Pederson launched a two-run homer into the right field bleachers for a 3-1 Dodgers advantage. It was Pederson's seventh home run this season, and he added his eighth in the eighth inning, a solo shot of A.J. Achter.
NOTES: The Dodgers will activate RHP Mike Bolsinger from the disabled list to start Wednesday's contest against the Angels at Angel Stadium. Bolsinger posted a 2.25 ERA in two starts during a rehab assignment with Triple-A Oklahoma City. He has been out since spring training with a strained oblique muscle. Bolsinger will face Angels RHP Nick Tropeano (1-2, 3.68 ERA). ... The Angels placed OF Daniel Nava (left groin strain) and RHP Cory Rasmus (right groin strain) on the 15-day disabled list. To fill their spots, the club recalled RHP A.J. Achter and OF Rafael Ortega from Triple-A Salt Lake City. ... Dodgers 1B Adrian Gonzalez, who left Monday's game in the sixth inning with lower back tightness, was not in the starting lineup. Howie Kendrick started in his place. ... The game drew a crowd of 42,514.