Puig pulled a one-out single into left field in the fourth, then stole second base a few pitches later. Wolters throw carried into center, allowing Puig to take third. That’s as far as Puig advanced, with Grandal and Kendrick both striking out swinging.
Failing to extend their lead hurt the Dodgers as Arenado led off the bottom of the fourth with a solo home run. Gerardo Parra’s one-out single was followed by a Ryan Raburn line-drive two-run home run that just cleared the fence in left field to give the Rockies a 4-3 lead.
Gray issued a leadoff walk to Pederson in the fifth, then struck out Kazmir and Utley to set a new career high with nine strikeouts. Seager and Turner connected on back-to-back singles to load the bases. Gonzalez delivered for the Dodgers, driving a two-run go-ahead single to left field.
Gray limited the damage by striking out Puig on a pitch outside of the zone. Kazmir got through the bottom half of the inning without allowing a run, but not without the help of Puig. After failing to make a leaping catch up against the right field fence, Puig recovered and threw a strike to nail Story on his attempt to turn a double into a triple.
Pedro Baez entered in the sixth and induced three grounders to retire the side in order. Seager and Turner drew back-to-back walks with two outs in the top of the seventh, but were stranded as Gonzalez grounded out to end the inning.
Yimi Garcia quickly found himself in trouble in the bottom half, with Raburn hitting a leadoff single and Wolters drawing a walk to put two on with no outs. After both runners advanced on a sacrifice bunt, DJ LeMahieu’s sac-fly tied the game.
Garcia was unable to finish his inning of work as Dodgers assistant athletic trainer Nate Lucero and manager Dave Roberts visited the mound after the right-hander threw a couple of pitches to Story. Garcia was removed with an apparent injury and replaced by Adam Liberatore, who ended the inning with a strikeout.
Chris Hatcher walked Arenado with one out in the bottom of the eighth, then gave up a broken-bat single to Reynolds that just cleared Utley’s leaping attempt. Brandon Barnes’ two-out, two-run triple gave the Rockies a 7-5 lead and knocked Hatcher out of the game.
Luis Avilan got called strike three on Wolters to end the eighth inning. Jake McGee retired Trayce Thompson, Utley and Seager in the ninth to wrap up the Rockies’ 7-5 win. The loss was the Dodgers’ fifth consecutive at Coors Field, tying their longest losing streak in Denver since 2011.
