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Angels complete sweep of Freeway Series

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Kendry Morales’ third-inning grand slam off Chad Billingsley propelled the Angels to a 6-4 victory over the Dodgers on Saturday afternoon at Dodger Stadium, completing a sweep of the two-game Freeway Series.

The crowd of 35,310 had thinned considerably by the final pitch, as the game featured no scoring after a solo home run by Dodgers outfielder Xavier Paul in the fourth inning.

The Dodgers open the season Monday in Pittsburgh and the Angels open the same day at home against Minnesota.

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-- Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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