The Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers met at Coors Field on Saturday night for the second game of their three-game series. The ball remained in fair territory for a single for LeMahieu. It makes us that much better. I forced him to throw me something around the zone.
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Joc Pederson’s diving catch on Corey Dickerson’s drive to left-center in the Colorado seventh kept the game tied at 6. “We want to win our way in”. Kendrick has allowed a MLB-high 33 home runs (including a two-run, upper-deck shot by Andre Ethier in the second inning), the third-highest batting average against in the National League (among pitchers with at least 100 innings this season) and has a 7.62 ERA in his home ballpark this season. “It was pretty cool”.
“He (Garcia) fell behind, he has a risky hitter behind him in Arenado – you’re in a box right there with this park and this team”, Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis said of calling for five consecutive fastballs from Garcia. “Now it’s more loopy, and I’m leaving it up in the strike zone”. “I don’t think it’s out of the question”. “I was fortunate to have a pitch to hit”.
The Rockies got on the board first with four runs in the first, thanks to Nolan Arenado’s 40th home run of the year – a grand slam – that drew first blood off Dodgers’ starter (and yes, former Rockies starter) Brett Anderson. Rollins has reached base safely in 13 of 15 games against the Rockies this season, going 17-for-49 (.347) with four doubles, one triple, two homers, three RBI and a.458 on-base percentage in those games.
Sure enough, Kendrick allowed a single run in the fifth, and then three in the sixth, tying the game for the Dodgers. In four starts this month since right shoulder inflammation caused him to miss all of August, Kendrick is 2-2 with a 7.04 ERA.
The Rockies threatened in the eighth inning.
The Rockies’ bullpen pitched four scoreless inning to set up the victory.
Justin Miller (3-2) pitched the top of the ninth for the win. Todd Helton was the last to do it. He hit 49 in 2001.
The Rockies moved to 34-45 at Coors Field this season.
The Dodgers have a chance to clinch the west again tomorrow when they take on the Rockies with a Dodgers win and a Giants loss. If not, there’s always Monday when the Dodgers open a series at San Francisco. Manager Walt Weiss said Flande will have to show he can run and cover first base without discomfort before being cleared to return. “If he comes in sore, we’ll know we’re not quite there yet”. “If not, we can do it on their field, which would be sweet as well”.
The Colorado Rockies knocked off the Dodgers on Saturday beating them for the second time in two nights. He’ll get two days off since he wasn’t scheduled to play Sunday…. He was twice on the 15-day disabled list with left plantar faciitis and spent another five weeks on the shelf with fractured ribs. The last was Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera in 2012. He left Wednesday’s game with what the Rockies termed a mild hamstring strain.
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CF Charlie Blackmon returned to the lineup after missing the past two games with neck stiffness.
