The Angels scored in six different innings and never let Arizona breathe. Reid Detmers handled the rest, and the result was a 7-0 victory at Chase Field that was never in doubt.
Detmers was the story on the mound. He worked seven innings, allowing 3 hits and no walks while striking out 3, throwing 90 pitches without surrendering a run. The left-hander improved to 3-5 with a 3.78 ERA. Arizona managed just 4 hits on the night against the full pitching staff.
Los Angeles built the lead methodically. Wade Meckler's single to center brought Jo Adell home in the second. Zach Neto launched a solo home run to left — 421 feet — in the third to make it 2-0. Donovan Walton singled to right in the fourth, scoring Denzer Guzman. Then in the fifth, Mike Trout hit a two-run homer to center, 436 feet, with Neto scoring ahead of him, pushing the lead to 5-0. Trout doubled to left in the sixth, scoring Guzman again. Walton added a ground rule double in the eighth, plating Logan O'Hoppe for the final run.
Merrill Kelly absorbed the loss, allowing 6 runs on 11 hits over 5.1 innings with 4 strikeouts and 1 walk. He fell to 5-6 with a 5.81 ERA. The Diamondbacks' offense produced only 4 hits against the Angels' pitching and could not threaten at any point.
Trout finished 2-for-5 with a home run, a double, and 3 RBI, giving him 17 home runs and 36 RBI on the season. Neto went 2-for-5 with a home run and scored twice. O'Hoppe was 3-for-4. Walton drove in 2 runs. Los Angeles moved to 29-43. Arizona, which entered the game on a one-game winning streak, fell to 36-35.