Angels’ Mark Trumbo thinks hit by Hiroki Kuroda was intentional

Mark Trumbo didn’t charge the mound when he was hit by a Hiroki Kuroda pitch in the seventh inning Friday night, but he didn’t pull any punches Saturday when asked whether he thought the pitch was intentional.

“Yeah,” the Angels’ rookie first baseman said. “The guy had pinpoint control all night. All you need to do is watch the replay.”

Kuroda, who hit one batter in 1012/3 innings before Friday, hit Angels right fielder Torii Hunter in the left hand in the first inning.

Angels starter Tyler Chatwood hit Dodgers right fielder Andre Ethier with a pitch in the fourth, and reliever Bobby Cassevah hit Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis with a pitch in the seventh.

With two outs, no one on and the Dodgers leading, 5-0, in the bottom of the seventh, Kuroda threw a first-pitch fastball that Trumbo jack-knifed to avoid.

Two pitches later, Kuroda drilled Trumbo in the left calf. Umpire Dale Scott issued warnings, but there were no further hostilities.

“I understand it’s part of the game, and you have to protect your guys, and the one good thing is he kept it below the waist,” Trumbo said. “But it looks really bad if you miss once and go for it again.”

Kuroda called the pitches to Hunter and Trumbo “accidents.” Don Mattingly could understand the Angels’ frustration, but the Dodgers manager insisted the pitches weren’t intentional.

“You’re trying to get guys out,” Mattingly said. “He hits [Trumbo] one-two or two-one or something. He’d thrown a fastball in and two sliders away, and then he hits him. So I didn’t see anything that was … we’re trying to get people out.”

Trumbo shot Kuroda a nasty glare but did not consider charging the mound. “It’s kind of tough for a rookie to do that,” he said.

So, what did he take away from the experience?

“I don’t know,” Trumbo said. “A higher on-base percentage?”

Hunter update

X-rays and a CT scan on Hunter’s hand were negative, but soreness and swelling kept him out of the lineup Saturday night, and it’s doubtful Hunter will start Sunday.

“I thought it was broke,” said Hunter, who played defense in the second inning but left before the third. “I had no feeling in my hand. I wanted to run the bases, play defense and see what happens. But when I got back from the field it wasn’t right.”

Manager Mike Scioscia said Hunter was available to play defense Saturday night, but Hunter, who was already nursing a bruised rib from a June 22 collision with the wall in Florida, did not swing a bat or take part in any baseball activities before the game.

Rodney slowed

Reliever Fernando Rodney suffered another setback in his rehabilitation from an upper-back strain that has sidelined him since June 9.

The right-hander did not throw in the bullpen as scheduled on Friday because of discomfort, and there is no timetable to resume throwing.

Without Rodney, who is 2-3 with a 4.09 earned-run average in 26 games, Scioscia has pieced together the bullpen in front of closer Jordan Walden and setup man Scott Downs.

“The back of the bullpen,” Scioscia said, “is not as deep as we hope it will be.”

mike.digiovanna@latimes.com