Dodgers' Bats Turn Cold During Road Loss To Colorado Rockies

DENVER — Nobody’s perfect, not moreover nan Dodgers.

Their steamroll deed a velocity bump arsenic they squandered opportunities successful Saturday’s 4-3 loss to nan Colorado Rockies astatine Coors Field.

Even nan hottest of Dodgers’ hitters cooled disconnected arsenic nan nighttime did. Collectively, they went 0-for-6 pinch runners successful scoring position and near 8 runners connected base, including 2 successful nan ninth inning.

Now 15-5, it was their first nonaccomplishment successful 5 games and their first each play to a National League opponent.

Kyle Tucker, nan Dodgers’ pricey caller correct fielder, had 3 hits, including his 3rd location tally this season. And backup catcher Dalton Rushing deed his 5th location run.

But that was each nan harm nan Dodgers did successful support of starter Emmet Sheehan, who near pinch a one-run lead that reliever Will Klein relinquished successful a matter of 3 batters successful nan sixth inning.

Shohei Ohtani besides saw his career-best on-base streak scope 50 erstwhile he singled successful nan ninth inning to necktie Willie Keeler’s 50-game people established successful 1901.

The two-time reining World Series champs threw nan proverbial first punch erstwhile Tucker launched a 435-foot two-run location tally into nan 2nd deck, making it 2-0 2 batters into nan game.

Tucker’s 3rd location tally arsenic a Dodger drove location Ohtani, who chopped nan first transportation he saw to Troy Johnston and would person been retired astatine first if not for nan errant propulsion by nan first baseman.

In nan bottommost of nan first, nan Rockies responded erstwhile Mickey Moniak doubled and TJ Rumfield drove him successful pinch a azygous to trim nan lead successful half, 2-1.

Dodgers catcher Dalton Rushing follows nan formation of his solo location tally disconnected Colorado pitcher Ryan Feltner Saturday successful Denver.

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The Dodgers came correct backmost successful nan 2nd inning, erstwhile Rushing — successful his 1 expected commencement down nan sheet this bid — kept crushing, launching a 1-1 transportation 371 feet complete nan correct section wall to make it 3-1. It was his 5th location tally successful 18 at-bats until that point.

The Dodgers’ 2 location runs successful nan first 2 innings gave them aggregate homers successful 10 of their first 20 games this play — and ran their MLB-leading play full to 37 arsenic a team.

But nan Rockies returned service successful nan bottommost of nan second, erstwhile Johnston scored connected a Kyle Karros sacrifice alert to enactment wrong a run, 3-2.

That’s really it stayed for nan adjacent 3 innings, arsenic Sheehan sewage retired of nan 3rd and 4th unscathed, contempt nan Rockies putting runners successful scoring position successful some nan 3rd and fourth. His only 1-2-3 inning was nan nine-pitch fifth.

His power wasn’t arsenic crisp arsenic successful his anterior outing, but he near aft 5 innings pinch nan lead, having thrown 77 pitches, allowed 4 hits, 2 runs, struck retired 4 and walked two.

The Dodgers sewage thing going again successful nan sixth inning erstwhile Freddie Freeman deed a one-out triple into nan spread successful nan expansive Colorado outfield, conscionable beyond nan grasp of diving halfway fielder Brenton Doyle.

A batter later, nan Rockies’ diving 3rd baseman Karros made a nifty play to propulsion retired Teoscar Hernández aft he drilled a shot up nan statement — holding Freeman astatine 3rd successful nan process.

Then left-hander Brennan Bernardino came connected successful alleviation and tied up a intelligibly disappointment Max Muncy pinch a curveball, striking him retired and ending a scoreless inning pinch Freeman stranded connected third.

Klein took nan nonaccomplishment aft taking complete for nan Dodgers successful nan sixth and instantly gave up a double to Hunter Goodman earlier Ezequiel Tovar’s grounder ricocheted disconnected Klein’s near ft and correct knee. Tovar reached earlier Freeman could corral nan shot and get it to Klein astatine first.

Both runners scored connected a no-out double by Johnston and Colorado had a 4-3 lead that would stand.

In nan eighth, “Let’s spell Dodgers” chants picked up pinch Andy Pages astatine bat and Ohtani and Tucker connected first and 2nd base. But Pages struck retired connected a onslaught that was wished to find nan bottommost of nan area by baseball’s caller ABS system.

Hernández past walked to load nan bases but Muncy grounded retired to 2nd base, leaving much runners stranded.