Angels 7, Dodgers 6: Bullpen blows the game yet again as Dodgers drop into a tie for first

Share Twitter The Dodgers played from behind for most of the game yet again, but they did take a lead in the 9th.

Didnt matter, as Alex Vesia blew that lead and they lost in extra to Angels, 7-6.

Welcome to second place.

====== Things were temporarily looking up for the Dodgers early on in the 1st, as Shohei Ohtani drew a walk, Mookie Betts got a glancing HBP, and after Freddie Freeman just missed a homer, the runners were cornered with one down.

Teoscar Hernandez then came through with a single for the games first run, though a Max Muncy liner resulted in a double play when Teoscar was caught off the bag.

Teoscar para abrir el marcador! pic.twitter.com/VENXTPPXt7 Los Dodgers (@LosDodgers) August 13, 2025 Max Muncy continues to torch the ball, and the Dodgers continue to have results like this even when the process is right for once.

pic.twitter.com/4Z73Q5JAJQ Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) August 13, 2025 That lead did not last very long.

Emmet Sheehan took the ball in the 1st and got a groundout, then went walk, single, single, double, and groundout RBI before getting a strikeout to end the rally.

By that point it was 3-1 Angels.

HALOS FOR 3 pic.twitter.com/H62BcNxvpj Los Angeles Angels (@Angels) August 13, 2025 Nothing new, sadly.

What was new is with two outs in the 2nd, Alex Freeland drew a walk and Dalton Rushing hammered an 0-2 pitch for his second homer of the year to tie the game at 3-3.

Dalton ties it! pic.twitter.com/2KrLbWxHdr Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 13, 2025 New game.

Unfortunately, after a clean 2nd, in the 3rd Sheehan gave up a Taylor Ward homer to give the Angels a 4-3 lead.

WARDY BOY 2ND IN AL RBIs ? pic.twitter.com/pl3pvaBmHM Los Angeles Angels (@Angels) August 13, 2025 They frustratingly added on in the 4th, as a one-out walk and a two-out Bryce Teodosio made it 5-3.

BRYCE IS NICE ? pic.twitter.com/PJsGMzIPEz Los Angeles Angels (@Angels) August 13, 2025 Sheehan did rebound for a clean 5th to complete his outing: 5 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 2 BB, 6 K, 91 Pitches.

- Surprisingly, he left with the game tied.

After a quiet 3rd and seeing a single erased by a Michael Conforto double play in the 4th, the Dodgers put together a two-out rally in the 5th.

Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, and Teoscar Hernandez all singled in a row to cut the deficit to 5-4.

Max Muncy followed with a walk to load the bases, and Andy Pages followed with a walk of his own to force the tying run in at 5-5.

At that point it was, of course, up to Conforto.

He worked a full count but eventually struckout on a fastball up.

Amazingly, things got worse in the 6th, as Miguel Rojas and Rushing back-to-back singles were followed by a Shohei liner up the middle that Zach Neto fielded for a 6-3 triple play.

Literally unbelievable.

pic.twitter.com/AZ3YarMqE3 Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) August 13, 2025 In the 7th, a one-out single and two-out steal was stranded, and a lead-off single in the 8th also went for naught.

For the Dodgers pen, they actually did a great job despite some shaky moments.

Jack Dreyer started things off in the 6th, giving up a lead-off double but then getting two outs.

Edgardo Henriquez entered for the final out and got a pop up to end that threat.

He then continued in the 7th, getting a stress-free clean frame.

In a surprising move given his struggles, it was Blake Treinen in the 8th, and he started with a walk and then went 3-0 to the next hitter.

However, he rebounded in that at-bat and the inning with a groundout and a pair of strikeouts.

That bought the offense enough time to do something, and Shohei Ohtani led the 9th off with his 43rd homer of the year to give the Dodgers a 6-5 lead.

SHOHEI DEMOLISHED THIS BASEBALL.

pic.twitter.com/SykILpWIAp Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 13, 2025 Unfortunately, that wasnt nearly enough for the pen, as Alex Vesia was tasked with getting the save, and he didnt have it.

A single, walk, sac bunt, and an intentional walk loaded the bases.

A sac fly followed to tie the game up, and then he then issued another walk to re-load the bases.

a sac-fly and we're tied ? pic.twitter.com/5AfGEYOT6U Los Angeles Angels (@Angels) August 13, 2025 He exited with the score tied 6-6, and Ben Casparius tasked with preventing a walk-off.

He got lucky on a 3-0 pitch being called a strike, then got a strikeout to continue things.

Didnt matter, the Dodgers did nothing in their half, then the Angels got a sac bunt single, and a bouncing single over the infield for the walkoff win.

====== NL West Record GB Dodgers 68-52 Padres 68-52 Dodgers in first by the tiebreaker.

The series will conclude tomorrow at the same time of 3:38 PM HT/6:38 PM PT/9:38 PM ET on MLB Network.

Shohei Ohtani will try to pitch them to avoiding a sweep against Kyle Hendricks ..

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