Logan O’Hoppe stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning on Wednesday night with the bases loaded, two outs, and the game tied. The Los Angeles Angels’ catcher had been searching for a moment like this for weeks, and he found it — delivering a clutch two-run single that lifted the Angels to a 6-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers and completed a stunning season sweep of their crosstown rivals.

“It’s a lot. It’s what I’ve wanted for a while,” O’Hoppe said after the win. “Obviously the past couple of months haven’t felt right. I felt like after I fouled that heater back, I got a wave of confidence that I hadn’t had in a couple weeks. I’m happy I got it.” The go-ahead hit came on a two-strike, 103.2 mph fastball from Dodgers reliever Edgardo Henriquez. O’Hoppe stayed o

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