Zach Neto hits 2 homers, Angels overcome Shohei Ohtani's 42nd HR for a 7-4 win over the Dodgers
Mike Trout had a two-run single and Yoán Moncada drove in two runs for the Angels, who are improbably 4-0 in the Freeway Series this season.
The defending World Series champion Dodgers' lead over San Diego in the NL West also slipped to just one game for the first time since June 14 with the Padres' win over San Francisco.
The Dodgers trailed 7-0 before Ohtani homered in his third straight game, driving a solo shot to right in the eighth inning. Ohtani has a 10-game hitting streak in August, and he has four homers among his nine hits in the Dodgers' last five games.
Max Muncy followed with a three-run homer to slash the Angels' big lead, but Connor Brogdon ended the eighth before Kenley Jansen earned his 22nd save.
Angels right fielder Gustavo Campero got injured while chasing Muncy's drive into the short porch. He was taken off the field on a cart.
José Soriano (8-9) allowed only two singles and two walks while throttling the Dodgers over six scoreless innings of two-hit ball.
Neto reached base five times during his third career multihomer game, starting when he crushed Yoshinobu Yamamoto's first career pitch in Anaheim for his 18th homer.
Yamamoto (10-8) had one of the poorest outings in his solid season, yielding six runs on six hits and five walks while failing to get out of the fifth inning.
Key moment
Bryce Teodosio and Neto scored in the fifth on Trout's bases-loaded single. Moncada and Campero added RBIs while the Angels chased Yamamoto.
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The Dodgers are 10-12 since the All-Star break.
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The Angels' Tyler Anderson (2-7, 4.63 ERA) attempts to end his 19-start winless streak when he faces the Dodgers' Emmet Sheehan (3-2, 3.00) on Tuesday.
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