ANAHEIM >> Angels left fielder Taylor Ward made a sliding catch in left-center field, popped up, and threw a strike to second base to complete a double play to end the second inning Tuesday against the Dodgers.

It was only one sequence in an exhibition game, but Ward wasn’t afraid to call it a good omen.

“I think it’s just a start that I want to the year, you know?” Ward said.

The Freeway Series was full of good omens for the Angels, who took two of the three games with a 13-5 victory over the Dodgers before an announced crowd of 36,067 at Angel Stadium. They are 19-3-2 in home exhibition games against the Dodgers since 2004.

The Dodgers (14-13-4) will host the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday, Opening Day across Major League Baseball. The Angels (18-11-2) will travel to Oakland to play the A’s.

The Angels broke open a close game with four runs in the seventh inning against Dodgers pitcher Jake Pilarski, a minor leaguer pitching his third exhibition game. They added another run in the eighth to provide the final score. Carlos Estevez pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning to close it out.

With no 26-man roster decisions hanging in the balance, the Dodgers used the game as a final tune-up for some of their regulars, and a chance for several minor leaguers to absorb a major league atmosphere on the field.

Starter Ryan Pepiot, who had already clinched the fifth starter’s job to begin the season, threw 86 pitches but didn’t make it out of the fourth inning.

Pepiot walked four batters and allowed five runs across his first five spring starts, then walked another four and allowed five more runs (all earned) in 3 2/3 innings Tuesday. He allowed back-to-back home runs to Hunter Renfroe and Luis Rengifo in the third inning.

“I didn’t execute a lot of pitches,” Pepiot said. “I got behind guys. Left some stuff over the inner heart of the plate and got some balls hit hard.”

Angels left-hander Reid Detmers also saw his night end early. After striking out Freddie Freeman to begin the fourth inning, he allowed three straight hits — a double by Will Smith, a single by J.D. Martinez, an RBI single by Max Muncy — then walked Trayce Thompson to end his outing.

In six spring starts, Detmers allowed eight runs across 20 innings, walking eight batters and striking out 27. Only one pitcher (Yusei Kikuchi) recorded more strikeouts this spring. Detmers’ fastball topped out at 98 mph Tuesday, which eclipsed his top regular-season speed (96.1) last year.

“Obviously it feels good,” Detmers said. “It’s good to get outs. It doesn’t matter how hard you throw if you can’t get outs.”

Left-hander Kenny Rosenberg relieved Detmers and retired Miguel Vargas to end the fourth inning. The Dodgers tied the game 5-5 on an RBI single by Miguel Rojas in the fifth.

By then, all of the Angels’ starters were done for the night. Manager Phil Nevin emptied his bench, which touched Dodgers right-hander Tayler Scott for three runs in the fifth inning. Zach Neto, the Angels’ first-round draft pick a year ago, singled in Osmy Gregorio for the go-ahead run. Neto finished 2 for 2 with a walk.

A ground ball by Jordyn Adams, the Angels’ 2018 first-round pick, ate up Dodgers first baseman Kyle Nevin and trickled into right field to drive in two more runs. Adams also had two hits in the game.

Manager Phil Nevin announced after the game that pitcher Tucker Davidson would make the Angels’ 26-man Opening Day roster. Pitcher Griffin Canning, who had been competing with Davidson for the sixth starter’s job, felt “a little something” in his groin while playing catch Monday and Tuesday, Nevin said, and will be re-evaluated Wednesday.

Canning missed all of last season with a back injury, but this injury is not considered serious.

“Tuck’s going to pitch out of the ’pen first,” Nevin said, “and it’s another valuable left arm to have out there. And as we get closer to (April 12) when we get back home, we’ll kind of evaluate it and see when we’re gonna make that start.”

Doug Padilla contributed to this story