Angels overpowered by Kershaw

LOS ANGELES — MLB strikeout leader Clayton Kershaw fanned 11 in eight innings, Joc Pederson homered twice and Corey Seager once as the Dodgers beat the Angels, 5-1, on Tuesday night to split the Dodger Stadium half of this week’s four-game Freeway Series.

Kershaw (6-1) didn’t walk a batter and has struck out at least 10 with one or no walks in six consecutive starts, extending his own modern-day record. Six straight starts with at least 10 strikeouts also is a franchise record (the MLB record is eight by Pedro Martinez in 1999 and Chris Sale in 2015). Kershaw’s ERA is 1.67 and his last five wins have followed Dodgers losses. He has 88 strikeouts and only four walks in 70 innings this year.

The Dodgers’ first run scored when Angels center fielder Mike Trout dropped Justin Turner’s fly ball to the warning track for an error in the third inning, allowing Chase Utley to score from second base. The Angels had taken a 1-0 lead in the second inning with three singles, aided by a Kershaw balk.

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDHome run happy: Pederson hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning and a solo shot leading off the eighth, giving him eight long balls on the season. Seager homered in the seventh, his seventh. The Dodgers have …

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