If not for Shohei Ohtani, Angels don't muster much against Dodgers

The Angels almost couldn’t get a single run off the Dodgers in two consecutive games.

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If not for Shohei Ohtani’s monster bat breaking up Tyler Anderson’s no-hit bid in the ninth inning Wednesday,

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they would have concluded this edition of the Freeway Series without putting up much of a fight.

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“Anderson pitched a heck of a game,” Angels’ interim manager Phil Nevin said afterward.

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With one out in the ninth inning, Ohtani stared down the Dodgers starter and crushed his first pitch, an 86.9-mph cutter, to the right-field corner.

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Ohtani broke for first and didn’t stop until he reached third. He eventually made it home on Matt Duffy’s single.

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But it was all for naught. The Dodgers still walked away with a 4-1 win over the Angels.

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