Angels beat – The Los Angeles Angels shocked the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Sunday night series finale, winning 13-5 and turning the spotlight onto the bottom of their lineup—where Sebastian Rivero and José Siri helped create franchise history.
Sunday night in Los Angeles didn’t feel like a typical “little brother vs. big brother” script. The Los Angeles Angels still showed up as the underdog to their rival, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and yet the result landed like a knockout: the Angels won 13-5.
It came after a three-game weekend set in which Los Angeles continued to look like the stronger club—until the Angels flipped the night on its head. They needed huge performances throughout the lineup, but the most eye-popping production came from the unlikeliest place. The last four hitters in the Angels order went 13-for-15 at the plate. producing a home run. 10 runs batted in. and drawing four walks.
In doing it, the Angels made history with their bottom four hitters—those six to nine-hole spots—combining for the highest batting average for any team’s bottom four hitters, at .867, according to Sarah Langs of MLB.com.
The game belonged to nine-hole hitter Sebastian Rivero. A light-hitting catcher, Rivero entered the 2026 season with an OPS of .344 across 49 plate appearances. Against the Dodgers, he looked like a completely different player—going 5-for-5 and driving in six runs.
José Siri, batting eighth, didn’t miss either. He went 3-for-3, added a walk, and finished with two runs batted in. And the numbers kept stacking in the Angels’ favor: the bottom two hitters combined to go 8-for-8.
That bottom-of-the-order dominance didn’t just happen in one burst. The Angels’ bottom four hitters started the game on a perfect 11-11 streak. The first out from that quartet didn’t come until the eighth inning, when Jo Adell struck out swinging to end the frame.
The ninth inning brought the final blemishes—two in total. Nick Madrigal flew out to right field to start the ninth. After that, Rivero and Siri made sure there was no wobble to the story. Each delivered when it counted. with Siri collecting a single and Rivero coming through with a run-scoring double to complete the historic night.
The Angels came out of the weekend with more than a split—they left the Dodgers 13-5 behind. and they did it with the bottom of their lineup writing the loudest line of the story. For a team that’s been living in the shadow of a more talented Dodgers roster. that’s the kind of win that doesn’t just change a game. It changes how the rest of the season can feel.
Angels Dodgers MLB Sebastian Rivero José Siri Jo Adell Nick Madrigal 13-5 2026 season
13-5??? That’s wild, bottom of the order really cooked.
Wait so they won cause their catcher turned into MVP or what? Like I didn’t even know Rivero was good… but 5-for-5 is insane. Dodgers just forgot how to pitch?
MLB history stuff always sounds fake like “highest batting average” but then it’s like, did they play a bunch of scrubs or something? Also Rivero only had .344 OPS before?? Dodgers defense must’ve been trash too, cuz 6 RBI by one guy sounds impossible lol.
Jo Adell struck out in the 8th… so that means Angels probably hit the Dodgers pitchers right in the stomach the whole game? I dunno, I just feel like the Dodgers always mess up when it’s late, and this time it finally showed. Bottom four doing everything though, that part I believe.