Trevor Bauer was working on a no-hitter and the Los Angeles Dodgers appeared well on their way for a comfortable win, but wound up needing to hang on late to defeat the Colorado Rockies, 11-6, in the second of a four-game series at Coors Field.
The Dodgers swung early and often against Antonio Senzatela, with run-scoring singles from Max Muncy and Will Smith giving them a 2-0 lead in the first inning. It could have been much larger if not for line drives by Mookie Betts and Cody Bellinger getting caught.
After retiring the first two batters faced in the second inning, Senzatela surrendered three straight doubles to Betts, Corey Seager and Turner. With one out and the bases loaded in the third, Turner’s two-run single extended the Dodgers’ lead to 6-0 and knocked Senzatela out of the game.
Cody Bellinger beat out a potential inning-ending double play to drive in a third run of the inning, Gavin Lux tacked on another in the fifth with an RBI triple, and two more runs came across in the seventh.
By that point Bauer had more than settled into what was largely a dominant outing. He held the Rockies without a hit until the seventh inning as their only baserunner to that point was a walk in the second. The outing was only Bauer’s second of his career at Coors Field.
Bauer’s first jam came in the fifth inning when Turner’s throwing error put C.J. Cron on second base with nobody out. Bauer picked up his teammate by striking out the next three batters faced.
Trevor Story broke up the no-hitter with a leadoff single in the bottom of the seventh and that wound up opening the floodgates a bit. Charlie Blackmon followed with a two-run home run, and after a walk, Bauer surrendered his second long ball of the inning.
He struck out Garrett Hampson, then gave way to David Price. It marked a Dodgers debut for the left-hander, but it was one to forget. Price immediately gave up back-to-back home runs and didn’t record an out until his fourth batter faced.
The Rockies’ four home runs in one inning was the second time the feat had been accomplished in franchise history.
Price ultimately managed to get through the eighth inning, and Victor Gonzalez finished out the game.
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