Angels vs. Dodgers Game Highlights (6/6/26) | MLB Highlights

I don't know if you saw Miles Garrett throughout the first pitch. First of all, he's huge. Second of all, just watching him throw that first pitch, but just watching him move on the mound, it's like, oh my gosh, that man is different. Yeah. Middle class athlete. Each of the last three starters have thrown a shutout in their each and own right, which means that coming into this game today, the starting rotation has thrown 19 consecutive scoreless innings. And tonight, it's the ace, it's Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Coming off a season high 10 strikeouts against the Phillies on Sunday, five and a third scoreless innings. On the hands, Mookie Betts. One short stop gets him. Trout had his 15 game on base streak come to an end with an 0-4, 3K night. Ground balled at third. In the glove of Muncie, sets and throws to Freeman, who stretches in time to get Trout and out number two. For Muncie, good to see him back into the lineup. Meckler came in scalding hot, was coming off a four hit game. He had six hits over his last two games coming in, but even he struck out three times yesterday. Shows bunt, lays down a beauty. Yamamoto trying to feel it and he can't. A perfect bunt from Wade Meckler and a two out hit. The Angels first tonight. I'll tell you what, that was a perfect bunt because Yamamoto got over there quickly. I think if he was able to field that cleanly, that would have been a real close play. Yamamoto trying to get through this first inning. If there has been a problem consistently this year, it's been this inning. Paraza lifts one to center. It's hit well. Páez going back for it. Gets turned around and he can't make the catch. It's up against the wall. Meckler rounds third and scores. Paraza's on his way to third. The throw comes in too late. The Angels take the lead on a triple by Oswald Paraza. Well, you always got to hold your breath. Anything hit out towards Páez, he's unable to get to that one. That was hit 105 miles per hour. Well, he got the pitch. He looked for it and got it and thrust it to center field. They got Halo the first run of this series. The first run scored against Dodger pitching in 19 and two thirds innings. Ball and two strikes still. Yamamoto out of the stretch. Shonwell grounds it to second. Freeland shuffles to his right, fields and throws, and that ends the inning. Paraza stranded, but that's after he gave Jack Kohanewitz an early 1-0 lead. We're in the middle of the first at Dodger Stadium. Well, the serenading of Michael Buble. The swelling of the crowd noise. And that could only mean Shohei Ohtani in the leadoff spot for the Dodgers tonight. Wow, that's a huge bounce to second. And by the time Ohtani's down there, he's safe. That chopper had a parachute on it on the right side of the infield, and Ohtani had the gas, the pedal to the floor the entire way. Páez trying to get the bat going again. It's been subtle, but a bit of a slump the last week or so. There's a high fly ball, and so much for that. Bad on shot. Nice catch by Blake Trinan down there. Fourteenth home run of the season for Andy Páez. It's a 2-1 lead. Joe, you set it up perfectly. No big games lately, but a hit a night. Well, this is a big hit. By the way, did we mention the all-star balloting is open? You did. Boy, the slog has come in a big way lately for Freddie Freeman. 3.39 averaged his last 16 games, which is routine to see him go through stretches like that. But he's also top five in the league in slugging in that time. There's a base hit the other way. That's always part of the A-swing with him, isn't it? Milky bats, 0 for 2 yesterday and 2 for his last 22. On and O-1. Releases one to left-center field. Trout on the run. Won't get there. The Dodgers have started the night 4 for 4 against Kahana Rhodes. Max Muncy is back in the lineup. Came off of the bench yesterday. And throws one to the backstop. So an extra base for both Freeman and Betts as Muncy had to jump out of the way of a pitch in the dirt. It's a little different than last night's game. Last night's game, they combined for six hits through the whole game. Yeah. We're already up to that total. 162 games, and they're all going to come in their own beautiful form. Muncy jam breaks his bat. Little dribbler down the third base side. Coming in from third is Walton. He tried to barehand it, and he's got no play. Couldn't come up with it cleanly. And even if he did, I think Muncy beats the throw. So that loads the bases. Kohanowitz is like mercy. And you wouldn't blame Jack Kahanowitz if he was fathoming career change at this point. Boosh. Seems no fun at this point. Well, statistically, coming into the game, you say this is a guy we should hit, and they are doing it. Bases loaded for Ward. Drives his way to the left center field. Indeed, Meckler's going back onto the track. It's off the wall. Freeman's in to score. Bats right on his heels. A ringing double from Ryan Ward. And it's 4-1 Dodgers before the first out. That ball was absolutely smoked to the opposite field. Nearly put a hole in the wall. The rushing went into the Diamondbacks Series 3 for his last 29, but he went 3 for 7 in the two games that he played in there and had his first run batted in since April. Inside ball 4 to reload the bases. And Kohanowitz is just having an awful time out there. That's pitch number 38, and Kurt Suzuki has seen enough. Well, the Angels have continued to lose. Headed for an 11th consecutive losing season and on pace right now to lose 100 games for the first time in franchise history. Ground ball. Ryan throws. Two runs will score, maybe three. Here comes rushing. Wow. 7-1. And the terrible, no good, very bad first inning for the Angels continues. Is that a ball that didn't leave the infield? Unloads the bases. Yeah, and Yamamoto's saying, okay, I'm ready to go back out there. I think this is enough. And now Ohtani is back at the plate. The Dodgers have batted around here in the first. Up 7-1. Ohtani drives the ball to left center field and deep and gone. First for the Dodgers. An opposite field missile from Ohtani. Most runs the Dodgers have scored in the first inning in five years. June 2nd, 2021, they scored 11 in the first inning against St. Louis. To the top of the second inning, Yamamoto's saying, what do I have here? Nine runs. Biggest first inning for the Dodgers in five years. Good start to second inning of the first set here. Now McMadrigal swings at the first pitch, bounces it to Muki Betts, who gets it away quickly to record out number two in the second inning. 9-1 the Dodgers lead. Nine runs in the first inning. Bouncing ball right side. In the glove of Freeland. Overhand toss to Freeman for the final out of one, two, three. Second for Yamamoto. Yoshinobu Yamamoto heads back out there for the third. Haven't given up a run in the first inning, but then gone one, two, three in the second as he plays the mental game of trying to keep his edge with an eight-run lead. This one high in the air to straightaway center field. Pajes can't find it. Now he does, and he's underneath it to make the catch just in time. Zach Netto has handled himself well offensively against the Dodgers in his career. Swings and misses. Yamamoto strikes him out number two. Mike Trout will be the batter. Trout grounded the third his first time. Swing and a miss. Strike three. It was a cutter. Back-to-back punch-outs to complete a one, two, three, third. Back-to-back one, two, three innings for Yamamoto. Top of the fourth, 9-1. Yamamoto back to the hill with Meckler to the plate. Meckler grounds the first one. He sees Damoki Betts positioned perfectly. Meckler hustling, but he's out. Seems strange. Nine runs in the bottom of the first inning. If Dodgers hold on to this, it would be a come-from-behind victory. Hit on the ground to short. Betts in the hole. Sets and throws. They get Peraza by a half-step or so. Two out. It's like Yamamoto has a chance here to say thank you to the guys behind him for getting all that support by just attacking and getting this game moving along. And that's what he's done. Three ground ball outs in the fourth. Oh, yeah. Three ground ball outs in the fourth, as I was saying. On six pitches. Joe Adele starts the fifth. And Yanks a line drive to left field. One pitch. One out for Yamamoto. The way the angels are swinging it. It's like a spring training getaway day. Madrigal flexes it to first. Easy one for Rojas. Another quick out. Two up, two down here in the fifth. Bouncing ball to second. And another quick inning. That 2-0, that ball that he threw. It was the first ball that he's thrown in two innings. 9-1. Halfway home. The catcher out of Long Island. Going to games at Yankee Stadium. Drives this ball to right center field. Call is there. Alex Paul backs up and handles that to retire Oh, hoppy. Yamamoto has had no issues since the first inning when he allowed that triple to Peraza. Like we said, he's that guy, especially when you get that lead. His whole mindset was it's still a 1-1, 1-0 game. He spits exactly the way you expect. Pops it straight up on the infield. Coming in from second base is Freeland. Mookie Betts will cut across in front of him and make the catch. Securing out number two of the sixth. On a 1-2, Trout hits it on the ground to second base. Freeland over to his left back edge of the dirt. Sets and throws to Rojas. That's another 1-2, 3 inning. Yoshinobu Yamamoto has retired 16 straight. Grounded right back to Yamamoto. Snared in the glove. Spins off the mound and gets it to first for out number one. Oh, make it look easy. Strikes him out. I would have thought that they maybe even think they can pull him out before this inning, but it is a very light pitch count for him. First pitch on the ground to second. Handled on a hop by Freeland back edge of the dirt and get Yamamoto through another 1-2, 3 inning. Yoshinobu Yamamoto out there for the eighth inning. Espinol times that bounce up. Heaves it across and gets him. Was that 20 in a row now, Moe? That would be 20. 20 in a row retired by Yamamoto. And his magical rolls one to Espinol at third. Routine second out of the eighth inning. This has been a masterpiece here. Walton swings, pops it in the air. Left side of the infield. Espinol coming toward third base right inside the line. And a couple feet down the line, he makes the catch. Another 1-2, 3 inning for Yamamoto. He's done with eight. What a game for Yamamoto. Gives up a run in the first inning. Not another base runner after that. Here's Zagnetto with one out in the ninth inning. He cracks this one deep into the left field corner. It is a long way, and it's gone off the fair pole. That is a mammoth play up there. Zagnetto hammers a homer. It's his 11th. That was almost three quarters of the way up that foul pole. 106 miles per hour off the bat. Maybe that swing gets him going for tomorrow also. Did a nice job of bringing his hands in on that one, too. Up the middle. Multibats with a diving play to finish the game. A 9-1 first inning. That was all, but that was plenty.