Both teams' bullpens took over the game in sixth inning, as Angels starter Jered Weaver and his Dodgers counterpart, Clayton Kershaw, quickly ran up their pitch counts.
Weaver didn't pitch as well as he did the last time he pitched at Dodger Stadium, when he lost despite giving up no hits in six innings, but fate was kinder to him this time around.
He lasted only five innings on this night, as he gave up eight hits, but he managed to hold the Dodgers to a solitary run, which was scored in the fourth inning when James Loney singled in Martin from second. The run tied the score at 1-1.
Kershaw didn't last any longer.
The 21-year-old left-hander wasn't the same pitcher who took a no-hitter into the eighth inning of his previous start, as he threw 36 pitches in a first inning that included three walks, a balk and four three-ball counts.
By the end of the second inning, Kershaw's pitch count was up to 53.
Torii Hunter put the Angels ahead, 1-0, in the top of the fourth, which he led off with a double to left. He moved to third on a groundout by Kendry Morales and scored on an infield single by Gary Matthews Jr.
Kershaw left the game after giving up four hits and four walks.
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dylan.hernandez@latimes.com
