Loney homers, Kershaw pitches 7 shutout innings as Dodgers beat Angels 5-3 in freeway series

Loney, Kershaw lead Dodgers past Angels 5-3

ANAHEIM, Calif. — James Loney hit a two-run homer that was upheld by video review, Clayton Kershaw pitched seven shutout innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Angels 5-3 on Sunday night to take two of three in the Freeway Series.

Juan Pierre had a pair of RBI doubles, Casey Blake hit an RBI single and the Dodgers had nine hits off Angels starter John Lackey.

Kershaw (4-5) gave up four hits in his longest outing since he beat the Florida Marlins on May 17. Jonathan Broxton allowed two runs, but got four outs for his 17th save.

Lackey (2-3) got into a bases-loaded jam in the fourth and gave up the doubles to Pierre in the fifth and seventh that gave the Dodgers a 2-0 lead.

Loney’s fourth homer of the season put the Dodgers ahead 4-0 after a brief review. The ball appeared to carom off a railing just above the wall in right-center and bounced back on the field. It was originally ruled a home run, and the call was upheld after the umpires looked at the replay.

Juan Rivera scored on third baseman Blake’s throwing error while fielding Kendry Morales’ grounder to cut the Angels’ deficit to 4-1 in the eighth.

Blake made it a four-run lead again with an RBI infield single in the ninth.

The Angels tried to rally in the ninth against Broxton, who allowed RBI singles to Vladimir Guerrero and Rivera. But the Dodgers closer got Mike Napoli to ground out to Blake to end it.

Lackey, who has had an up and down season after missing the first six weeks with an elbow injury, didn’t get much of a lift as the Angels left 12 on base.

In the eighth, Broxton struck out Erick Aybar with the bases loaded. Aybar also grounded out with two on to end the second inning, while Torii Hunter popped up to shortstop Rafael Furcal with a pair of runners on in the fifth.