LOS ANGELES -- Julio Urías hasn’t struggled much over the past few seasons, but after allowing six runs against the Pirates in his last start, he waited by his corner locker in the visitor’s dugout and fielded questions.

The Mexican left-hander didn’t make any excuses for his recent performance, instead continuously saying he needed to be better moving forward. In order for the Dodgers to be at their best this season, they’re going to need Urías to look like the pitcher that has become one of the best in the Majors.

In the Dodgers’ dominant 13-1 win over the Phillies on Tuesday at Dodger Stadium, Urías looked more like himself and bounced back in a big way, allowing one run on just one hit and striking out a season-high 10 batters over seven innings.

“A guy like Julio, considering all that he’s gone through, when he gets hit in the mouth, the last couple of starts, it hasn’t been good up to his standards,” said Dodgers manager Dave Roberts after L.A.'s fifth consecutive victory. “And I think he took it personal. So tonight, I just saw that, the way he took the mound, there was just a different energy.”

What had hurt Urías in his previous two starts was the lack of command on all of his pitches. That was much better from the start on Tuesday, particularly with the four-seam fastball and the slurve. Urías’ velocity on the four-seamer was up early in the game, even flashing 95.5 mph, the fastest pitch he’s thrown this season.

“I needed to attack, attack, attack,” Urías said in Spanish. “That has been a fundamental element to my success over the last two seasons and I feel like today I did that and now we just need to be consistent.”

In the first, Urías struck out Trea Turner and Bryce Harper to get his outing started. He retired nine of the first 10 batters he faced, with Edmundo Sosa being the lone player who reached base, on a catcher interference.

“He threw the ball extremely well tonight,” said Harper, who made his 2023 debut on Tuesday. “That's the big leagues, right? You're going to face guys like that and they're going to be really good. He was that tonight."

Urías’ only costly mistake came in the fourth inning as he left a fastball over the middle of the plate to Turner that the star shortstop hit out for a homer. Urías did not allow a hit the rest of the way.

“You have to be confident about your stuff,” Urías said. “You’re going to have bad games, games where you’re fighting it, but there’s also going to be good games. Trying to take the good in the bad has been a big thing for me and today, I feel like that was a big reason why I had success.”

For a second consecutive night, the Dodgers’ offense did plenty of damage against the Phillies’ pitching staff. The Dodgers set a season high with 17 hits, surpassing the 15 they recorded in the series opener on Monday.

Mookie Betts continued his recent hot hitting, Miguel Vargas recorded the first four-hit game of his career and Freddie Freeman knocked a monster two-run homer. All was clicking for the Dodgers, but it started with Urías’ performance on the mound.

“He pitched amazing,” Betts said. “It’s hard to pitch a whole season and be an A-plus pitcher all year. I don’t know many guys that have ever done that. You’re going to get hit sometimes and you’re going to shove sometimes. Julio is someone who, every time he steps out on the mound, he’s going to give us a chance to win. Can’t ask for much more than that.”