LOS ANGELES — Taylor Ward singled in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning, lifting the Los Angeles Angels over the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 on Friday night in Shohei Ohtani's first game against his old team.
The Angels won in extra innings for the first time this season, after losing three previous times.
«It's awesome,» Ward said. «You just never know with us. Just got to keep fighting.»
Ohtani hit a two-run homer with two outs in the fifth that put the Dodgers ahead. He was 2-for-2 with two walks but got caught stealing to end the eighth. The Dodgers managed just three other hits.
«I just made a bad pitch,» Angels reliever Matt Moore said. «The guys came back really good, so I just washed it away. It's very hard to win here. Our team did a really good job of playing all the way to the end.»
Ohtani left Anaheim for the Dodgers last December, signing a record $700 million, 10-year deal. He has homered in four of his past six games and has scored a run and driven in a run in six straight games, a team best.
«He's playing really good baseball and tonight we just couldn't support him,» Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.
Many of the young Angels in the lineup didn't play with Ohtani before he departed, and some of the veterans who did, such as Mike Trout and Anthony Rendon, are injured.
«We all know who Shohei is — superstar,» Angels manager Ron Washington said before the game. «This is the Dodgers and when you play against the Dodgers you got one thing on your mind — you want to win because then it might put you on the map.»
Jo Adell started the 10th at second base and was sacrificed to third by Nolan Schanuel. Dodgers closer Evan Phillips (0-1) came in and retired Luis Rengifo on a groundout before Ward singled to left.
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