The game was decided before San Diego could settle in. Los Angeles scored eight times in the first five innings and cruised to an 8-0 victory over the Padres at Angel Stadium, snapping San Diego's eight-game winning streak.
Jose Soriano dominated from the start, allowing just two hits over 5.2 innings while striking out eight batters. The right-hander walked four but never allowed the Padres to threaten, improving to 5-0 with a 0.28 ERA. Soriano needed 99 pitches to get through his outing, consistently working ahead in counts.
The Angels broke through in the second inning with three runs. Yoan Moncada opened the scoring with a 388-foot homer to center field. Adam Frazier followed with an RBI double that scored Logan O'Hoppe, then came home himself on Zach Neto's single to center. Los Angeles added three more runs in the fourth, with Nolan Schanuel driving in Frazier with a single before Jo Adell's double to center scored both Schanuel and Mike Trout. Josh Lowe capped the scoring in the fifth with a two-run homer to right field that brought home Oswald Peraza.
Matt Waldron struggled through 3.2 innings for San Diego, allowing eight hits and six earned runs while striking out four. The knuckleballer threw 81 pitches but could not find consistent command, falling to 0-1 with a 14.73 ERA. The Padres managed just three hits against Angels pitching and never mounted a serious threat.
Los Angeles improved to 10-10 and evened their record at .500. San Diego fell to 13-6 despite entering the game with the second-best record in their division.