Mookie Betts hit two home runs with four RBIs and the Los Angeles Dodgers stayed perfect against the visiting Los Angeles Angels this season with an 11-4 victory Friday.
Freddie Freeman, J.D. Martinez and Will Smith also went deep for the Dodgers, while right-hander Tony Gonsolin gave up four runs over 6 2/3 innings to win for the first time in four starts. The Dodgers' five home runs tied a season high.
Mickey Moniak hit a three-run home run for the Angels and center fielder Jo Adell robbed Max Muncy of a homer in the first inning. Mike Moustakas also homered as the Angels lost their fourth consecutive game and fell for the eighth time in their last nine contests.The Dodgers took a 4-0 lead after Freeman hit a home run in the first inning, his 16th; Martinez went deep in the second, his 21st; and Betts hit his 24th in the third inning to go along with a Martinez RBI double.
Betts led off the fifth inning with his second home run of the game and 25th on the season. He is set to compete on Monday's Home Run Derby in Seattle.
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