The Los Angeles Dodgers completed a seven-run inning to complete a comeback in the ninth inning against the Colorado Rockies, winning 11-9.
Trailing by five runs entering the ninth, the Dodgers rallied with two home runs to take the lead.
Andy Pages and Miguel Vargas drew walks, and Miguel Vargas singled, which loaded the bases. Jason Heyward pinch-hit for Chris Taylor, and blasted a grand slam that put the Dodgers within one run.
Shohei Ohtani followed with a single, and Freddie Freeman walked to put the tying and go-ahead run on base with two outs. Teoscar Hernández then blasted a three-run homer to give the Dodgers 11 runs, capping off a seven-run inning.
Prior to that point, the Dodgers scored their first run in the second inning when Andy Pages hit his eighth homer of the year. They added another in the third when Chris Taylor tripled and scored on a ground out from Shohei Ohtani.
In the sixth inning, Ohtani crushed a homer, his 20th of the year, which traveled 476 feet and left the bat at 113 mph. Miguel Vargas doubled to drive in Kiké Hernández in the seventh inning, cutting the Rockies’ lead to four runs.
The Dodgers had a chance to make the game closer with two on for Ohtani in the seventh. Ohtani roped a line drive into the gap, but Doyle made a diving catch, arguably one of the best you’ll ever see, to end the threat.
Walker Buehler turned in another bad outing, which proved to be his worst of the season by a considerable margin. He lasted just four innings, allowing seven runs on seven hits with two homers allowed, one walk and two strikeouts.
Buehler has now allowed at least three runs in seven of his eight starts. Overall, he’s 1-5 with a 5.84 ERA and 1.51 WHIP across 37 innings.
The Rockies did most of their damage in the first inning, scoring four runs on a hit-by-pitch, single, two doubles and a sacrifice fly. A two-run homer extended their lead in the second, and a solo shot added to their lead in the fourth.
Buehler has attempted to make adjustments to his pitch mix, but the lack of strikeout stuff in his arsenal limits his upside.
Once Buehler was out of the game, the Rockies scored another off Yohan Ramírez.
Michael Petersen makes MLB debut for Dodgers
Michael Petersen pitched the seventh and eighth for the Dodgers, making his MLB debut after a long Minor League career. The 30-year-old is just the fourth British-born player in the last 33 years, and he became the first Dodgers player to wear No. 90 in a game.
He allowed a walk that led to a run scoring on a sac fly in his first frame, but struck out two in a scoreless eighth inning. Petersen ended up earning the win.
Evan Phillips recorded the save.
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