The Los Angeles Dodgers began their second road trip of the season with a trip to Coors Field for a divisional matchup against the Colorado Rockies.
This season has presented much of the same as in previous years for these two clubs, with the Dodgers looking like the best team in baseball while the Rockies are again last in the National League West standings.
The difference in talent between the two teams was apparent in the series opener, and even the wackiness and elements of Coors Field couldn’t help the Rockies in this one.
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Max Muncy leads Dodgers offense
Max Muncy had his second multi-homer game of the season, blasting two home runs while going 3-for-4 with three RBI. Every Dodgers starter aside from Teoscar Hernández had a hit in this game as they tallied 13 hits, six of which were of the extra-base variety.
Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Kyle Tucker and Muncy all doubled in this game. Will Smith tallied two RBI to join Muncy’s three, and Andy Pages and Alex Freeland each had one as well.
The Dodgers scored first in the first inning on a sacrifice fly from Smith after a leadoff double from Ohtani, and they never looked back. They scored in each of the first five innings, including two in the third and fifth.
Tyler Glasnow shines
Tyler Glasnow turned in an excellent start, throwing seven innings of one-run ball while allowing just two hits, striking out seven and walking two. It was also his first start in Colorado, making his line all the more impressive.
The only run he allowed came in the fourth inning after a leadoff double from Mickey Moniak and then an RBI groundout by Troy Johnston that made it a 5-1 game.
Glasnow threw 92 pitches in the game, 59 of them for strikes, before giving way to Jack Dreyer in the eighth. Dreyer ended up pitching the final two innings, striking out three without allowing a run.
Coldest game in recent Dodgers history
Hours before the game, Coors Field was covered in snow, but the grounds crew worked hard to get it ready for the start. At first pitch, it was 35 degrees, making it one of the coldest games the Dodgers have played in history and the coldest in the last 30 years.
The coldest game the Los Angeles Dodgers ever played was in 1996, when it was 34 degrees at Wrigley Field.
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