Sebastian Rivero drove in five runs and the Angels beat the Dodgers 13-5 on Sunday. He entered the game with just two RBI on the year, then turned the Freeway Series finale into a breakout night at the plate.
Rivero’s Four-Hit Night
Rivero opened the scoring push in the second inning with a single up the middle that gave the Angels a two-run lead. That was the start of a four-hit game, and the production kept climbing as he kept finding gaps against Dodgers pitching.
Later, he lined an RBI single over the head of Alex Freeland to reach a career-high four RBI. He finished by knocking in his fifth run with his fourth hit, a line that accounted for nearly half of the Angels’ scoring.
Dodgers Pitching Breaks
The Dodgers allowed a season-high 13 runs in the loss, a sharp drop from the dominant stretch their starting pitching had been riding before Sunday. Emmet Sheehan did not make it out of the second inning, getting knocked out after 49 pitches over 1 1/3 innings.
That early exit left the Dodgers chasing the game before the middle innings settled. Dalton Rushing added a three-run home run, and Ryan Ward hit his second big league home run, but the Angels kept extending the gap.
Jo Adell Joins In
Jo Adell and Rivero combined for nine hits and eight RBI, giving the Angels the kind of bottom-of-the-order damage that can flip a game quickly. Rivero’s five RBI were the centerpiece, but the lineup behind him kept pressure on every Dodgers arm that followed Sheehan.
The result closed out the Freeway Series with the Angels on top and left the Dodgers one win short of securing the sweep. For the Angels, the performance also gave Rivero a clear statistical jump in one afternoon, from two RBI on the season to a five-RBI game that changed his line in a single Sunday.
