Dodgers’ pitching can’t contain Angels

ANAHEIM — Nick Tropeano’s longest career start and a five-run fifth inning were the recipe for victory Wednesday night, as the Angels defeated the Dodgers, 8-1, at Angel Stadium to secure their fifth win in their last six games.

The Angels’ Nos. 3-5 hitters — Mike Trout, Albert Pujols and C.J.Cron — dominated Dodgers pitching, going 7-for-10 with three walks and four RBIs.

Tropeano was efficient, retiring the first 10 batters he faced before allowing a run in the fourth inning. He scattered seven hits, allowing just that sole run in seven innings. Angels manager Mike Scioscia said he “couldn’t for ask more” from Tropeano, who displayed his best pitch efficiency all season.

“Nick, from the get-go, I think was trying to be more aggressive in the zone,” Scioscia said. “I think in the back of his mind he does have that little cloud of, ‘When am I going to get into the sixth inning? When am I going to finish six?'”

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Dodgers starter Mike Bolsinger, making his first start of the season, got into trouble after serving up a 412-foot home run to Trout in the first inning. He put men on first and second with one out in the fifth inning to open the door for a five-run Angels outburst. Bolsinger was responsible for three runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings and was removed before he hit his 80-pitch limit.

“It wasn’t anything new to me with that game,” Bolsinger said. “I was in jams the whole game and getting out of them, so I was really confident to get out of them, but I didn’t get a chance to do it.”

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDLocation, location, location: For a while, it seemed as if the Angels couldn’t buy a run. After Trout’s first-inning home run, they had a runner on third in the second, third and fourth innings (twice with fewer than two outs) and couldn’t push a run across. They got another opportunity in the fifth with the bases loaded and …

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