Dodgers hit three home runs, hold Angels to two hits in rout

**What it means**

The Dodgers don’t want to go with bullpen games regularly this year. But when they need to, as Friday showed, it isn’t always the worst tactic.

**Who’s hot**

We covered Hernández (who is 9-for-19 in his last five games with four extra-base hits) in this space last night. So, let’s go with Pages. Entering Friday, the third-year slugger was in a lull, held without a hit in his last 13 at-bats. But with his score-opening home run, he continued to build on his strong overall start to the season –– continuing to be the Dodgers’ most consistent, and clutch, hitter. Pages’ big fly was his 10th of the year, trailing only Muncy (who has 12) for most on the team.

**Who’s not**

Plain and simple, the Angels. Since an encouraging 11-10 start to the season, the team has dropped 19 of its last 24 games. At 16-29 overall, they now own the worst record in the majors. Before the game, manager Kurt Suzuki was asked if the club’s recent slump was simply in a run-of-the-mill “cold stretch” –– or something more reflective of the state of an organization that hasn’t been to the playoffs since 2014. Suzuki insisted it was the former, arguing that “there are a lot of games where we’re in it; we’re one swing away, maybe one pitch away, one out away.”

**Up next**

The Dodgers will be going for only their second series win in the last three weeks on Saturday, when Justin Wrobleski (5-1, 2.42 ERA) faces breakout right-hander José Soriano (6-2, 1.66).