Dodgers lean on three homers and eight pitchers to end losing streak vs. Angels

Andy Pages hits a three-run home run in the fourth inning of the Dodgers' win over the Angels at Angel Stadium on Friday night. (Scott Strazzante / Getty Images) The Dodgers opened MLB rivalry weekend with a blast — three to be exact — in a 6-0 win over the Angels on Friday at Angel Stadium. They also achieved something last year's World Series-winning team couldn't — it beat the Angels.

The Angels had won seven consecutive games against the Dodgers, the franchise's longest winning streak against its crosstown rival. This time, however, the Dodgers (27-18) took command. The Dodgers' lineup lit up Angels starter Jack Kochanowicz ’s fastball.

Andy Pages hit a three-run home run and Max Muncy hit his 12th homer of the season on the next at-bat to break a scoreless game in the fourth inning. Both home runs came off four-seams Kochanowicz left hanging too far over the center of the plate. Read more: Dodgers' Blake Snell returns to injured list with loose bodies in his left elbow During Pages’ at-bat, a pitch ricocheted off Angels catcher Logan O’Hoppe's left hand.

Playing in his first game since returning from the injured list, O'Hoppe stayed in the game despite appearing to be in pain. He left in the sixth because of irritation in his left wrist — the same wrist he fractured on April 25. In the sixth, Teoscar Hernández tacked on two more runs with an opposite-field home run after an errant sinker from Kochanowicz.