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Dodger Blue > Featured > Opening Day Recap: Dodgers Rally For Comeback Win Over Rockies
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Opening Day Recap: Dodgers Rally For Comeback Win Over Rockies

Matthew Moreno
April 8, 2022
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Mookie Betts, 2022 Opening Day
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The ballyhooed Los Angeles Dodgers lineup was slow to get going against Kyle Freeland but eventually found their footing in a 5-3 Opening Day win over the Colorado Rockies. The Dodgers improved to 11-3 in their last 14 season openers.

Freeland had six strikeouts and stranded four runners through three scoreless innings before the bottom of the Dodgers lineup sparked a rally. After Will Smith’s single, Chris Taylor lifted a double to right field with one out.

Freeland nearly stranded the tying runners in scoring position but the Dodgers strung together a two-out rally. It started with Gavin Lux tying the game on a two-run base hit, which Mookie Betts followed with an RBI double to left field.

Freddie Freeman kept the inning alive with a walk that also ended Freeland’s day. Freeman finished 1-for-3 with one walk in his Dodgers debut.

The pitching change didn’t slow the Dodgers’ momentum. Trea Turner greeted Tyler Kinley with an RBI single and Freeman scored on a wild pitch to cap off the five-run inning.

That was enough run support for Walker Buehler in his first career Opening Day start. He was a little shaky early and the Rockies seemingly sat on Buehler’s fastball to take a 2-0 lead in the second inning.

The Rockies threatened to cut into their deficit in the fifth inning when Kris Bryant doubled with two outs and Turner booted a routine grounder. Buehler kept Colorado off the board by getting C.J. Cron swinging for his sixth strikeout.

That wound up being all for Buehler, who threw 78 pitches and allowed two runs on four hits and two walks.

Dodgers bullpen backs Buehler

With 16 relief pitchers on the Dodgers active roster to begin the season, manager Dave Roberts turned to four of them for one inning each.

Brusdar Graterol was first to appear, and he stranded a walk. Blake Treinen then worked a clean seventh inning, Daniel Hudson pitched the eighth, and Craig Kimbrel allowed an RBI double before converting his first save opportunity with the Dodgers.

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ByMatthew Moreno
Matthew Moreno is a journalist from Whittier, Calif., who is a credentialed reporter and is currently the Executive Editor of DodgerBlue.com and LakersNation.com. In addition to covering Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angels Lakers, Matthew has a strong passion for keeping up to date with the sneakerhead culture. It began with Michael Jordan and Air Jordan shoes, and has carried over to Kobe Bryant's signature line with Nike. Matthew previously was the lead editor and digital strategist at Dodgers Nation, and the co-editor and lead writer at Reign of Troy, where he covered USC Trojans Football. Matthew graduated from California State Long Beach University with a major in journalism and minor in communications. Contact: matt@mediumlargela.com
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