THE DODGERS lost and Angels won on Friday.

From a staff writer

Could the Los Angeles Angels be breaking out of their slump?

After losing seven games in a row, the Halos have won two of three, the last being a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.

The Angels got a home run (his fifth of the season) from Vaughn Grissom in the top of the fourth, and the team scored another run to take a 2-1 lead. They extended the lead to 4-1 when Nolan Schanuel drove in two runs on a sharp line drive to right in the top of the fifth.

The Twins got to within one run win in the bottom of the sixth when Brooks Lee doubled in two runs. But that was all the scoring the they could manage.

With the win, the Angels are 38-57 and still in fifth and last place in the American League West. The Twins are 46-49 and third in the AL Central.

Grayson Rodriguez got the win to improve his record to 3-2. He lasted 5.1 innings, giving up six hits and three earned runs. He walked one batter and struck out none.

Diamondbacks 9, Dodgers 3: A 2-2 tie after the first inning turned out to be best the Blue Crew could do on Friday night at home. Arizona scored two runs each in the fourth through sixth innings and another in the eighth inning for a 9-2 lead.

The Dodgers raised hopes in the bottom of the ninth when Miguel Rojas doubled in Tommy Edman with a run, but that was it.
Andy Pages had the best night for the Dodgers, with a home run (his 17th) and three hits in four at-bats. Shohei Ohtani hit his 21st home run, also.

The Dodgers are now 61-34, still in first place in the National League West. The D-Backs are 47-47 and second place in the NLW, 13.5 games behind the Dodgers.