George Klassen walked off the mound in the third inning looking like a man who had just survived a natural disaster. By the time he reached the dugout, the Los Angeles Dodgers hadn’t just taken the lead; they had dismantled the afternoon. A ten-run third inning turned a quiet rivalry game into a public eviction, as the Dodgers cruised to a 13-5 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday.
The carnage began with a whisper when Jorge Soler lined a solo shot to right-center in the second to give the Angels a brief 1-1 lead. It was the last time the home crowd had reason to cheer. In the top of the third, Teoscar Hernández leveled the score with a towering fly ball that cleared the fence. Then, the discipline took over. Klassen and reliever Samy Natera Jr. combined to walk four batters in the frame, literally handing runs to Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, and Max Muncy. When the Angels finally threw strikes, the Dodgers hit them. Hernández returned to the plate later in the inning to lace a two-run single, and Shohei Ohtani provided the knockout blow—a bases-clearing double that rattled the center-field wall and sent three more runners across the plate.
While the offense grabbed the headlines, Tyler Glasnow provided the spine. Pitching with a massive lead can often lead to complacency, but Glasnow remained surgical. He carved through the Angels' lineup, racking up 11 strikeouts over five innings of work. He allowed just three hits, moving his fastball around the zone with a velocity that made the Angels' hitters look like they were swinging underwater. Aside from the early Soler home run, Glasnow was untouchable, neutralizing Mike Trout and keeping the bases clean.
The Angels showed a flicker of life in the sixth when the Dodgers' bullpen wavered. Tanner Scott struggled to find the zone, allowing Jorge Soler to blast his second home run of the day—a three-run shot that cut into the massive deficit. Oswald Peraza added an RBI to cap a four-run burst, but the mountain was simply too high to climb. The Dodgers' depth responded immediately, as James Tibbs III hammered a solo home run in the seventh to stifle any thoughts of a miracle comeback.
It was a clinical display of the gap between these two rosters. The Dodgers took what was given—nine walks in total—and punished every mistake. For the Angels, it was a reminder of how quickly a game can vanish when the strike zone becomes an abstract concept. George Klassen took the loss in a start he’ll want to erase from the film room, while the Dodgers head home with a reminder that their lineup is never more dangerous than when they aren't swinging the bat.