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Kendry Morales has a grand time

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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That was a blast.

Kendry Morales hammered a 1-and-2 pitch from Chad Billingsley off the wraparound electronic scoreboard below the loge level in right field for a grand slam, capping a five-run third inning that has given the Angels a 6-3 lead over the Dodgers in the Freeway Series finale.

It was the kind of power display the Angels hope to see a lot of this season from a middle of the order that also includes Torii Hunter, Hideki Matsui and Juan Rivera.

Hunter also drove in a run in the inning with a single to left field. It’s shaping up as more of a breakdown than a tuneup for Billingsley, who couldn’t even make it through the third before being pulled in favor of ... Tim Corcoran.

--Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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