Dodgers Pummel Angels Behind Patient Bats, Tyler Glasnow

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The Los Angeles Dodgers completed Cactus League play on Saturday, and before they could begin their treacherous journey to a three-peat, they had to go through one more series against their crosstown rival, the Los Angeles Angels. In the end, the Dodgers prevailed 13-5.

Tyler Glasnow was the slated starter for the Dodgers and completed his final spring tune-up in dominant fashion. 

In five scoreless innings, he struck out 11 Angels, only allowing one earned run, walked one, all on 81 pitches. 

All 11 of Glasnow's strikeouts came via his curveball. 

The Angels broke open scoring on both sides in the second inning. 

Outfielder Jorge Soler caught Glasnow's only mistake of the evening, launching a 2-2 fastball down the middle for a solo home run. 

Teoscar Hernández returned the favor in the third inning with a solo home run of his own off Angels starter George Klassen. 

That would be just the beginning of what was to come, that's for sure. 

Following the home run, Andy Pages, Shohei Ohtani, and Kyle Tucker managed to earn free passes and walk the bases loaded for Mookie Betts. 

Betts was rewarded for his plate discipline, and the Dodgers took the lead, 2-1. 

The Angels switched from Klassen and turned to Sammy Natera Jr. to escape the inning. 

Freddie Freeman earned the same reward as Betts did by walking on a 3-2 count and extending the Los Angeles lead further. 

The Angels inched closer to closing out the inning by striking out Will Smith, but Max Muncy received a free pass and log in the Dodgers' fourth run of the inning. 

Hernández found himself back up again in the inning and earned two more RBIs by way of a two-run single to left field.

Pages extended the lead further by way of an RBI single and a great at-bat by Alex Freeland, loading the bases up again for Ohtani. 

Ohtani delivered and cleared the bases with a double to center field. 

The ball smoked off of Ohtani's bat, with an exit velocity of 117.1 mph, and that capped off a 10-spot for the Dodgers.

The Dodgers' offense was silenced until the sixth inning as Smith lined an RBI single to left field to put up run No. 11. 

The Angels put a jolt on the scoreboard in the bottom half of the sixth inning. 

After Mike Trout led off the inning with a single, Soler launched his second home run of the game and Oswald Peraza hit into a forceout at second to secure a four spot for the Angels.

James Tibbs III, who pinch-hit for Ohtani, hit his fourth home run of the Spring to center field to give the Dodgers a 12-5 lead.

The Dodgers capped off their offensive outburst of the night in the eighth. After a leadoff double from Santiago Espinal, Emil Morales drove him in with an RBI single. 

It was a dominant win all around for the Dodgers, and they'll look to secure the series win on Monday at Dodger Stadium. 

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