After consecutive losses, the Los Angeles Dodgers looked to split the four-game series against the Colorado Rockies, but the day started poorly.
Before the game, the Dodgers got news that Edwin Díaz needs right elbow surgery and will miss about three months of the season.
Things also started slowly in the game for the Dodgers, but things quickly turned around as they came up with the blowout victory.
Dodgers 12, Rockies 3: key takeaways
Max Muncy, Miguel Rojas & Dalton Rushing carry offense
After the Rockies went up 1-0, the Dodgers answered back in the top of the second inning with back-to-back home runs from Max Muncy and Miguel Rojas. The two veteran infielders finished their day going a combined 7-for-7 with five runs scored, four RBI and a walk.
Rojas also recorded his 1,000th career hit in the game. In the ninth inning, Muncy blasted his second home run of the game, giving him his third multi-homer game of the season.
Dalton Rushing slugged his sixth and seventh homers of the season in just his 26 and 27 at-bats, putting him on pace for 143 homers over a full-season’s worth of 550 at-bats. That also marks his second multi-homer game of the season.
Unfortunately for the Dodgers, they don’t have the playing time to give Rushing, given Freddie Freeman and Will Smith ahead of him, but he is trying to continue forcing their hand.
Alex Call also got the start in right field to give Kyle Tucker a day off, and went 1-for-3 with a run scored, RBI and a walk.
The Dodgers added more runs when José Quintana balked with the bases loaded, Teoscar Hernández grounded into a run-scoring double play, and later singled home Shohei Ohtani, and Will Smith reached on an error that allowed Ohtani to score.
Justin Wrobleski thrives again
Justin Wrobleski allowed back-to-back doubles to open the game and put the Rockies up 1-0, but from there, he settled into the outing and turned in a gem.
The left-hander went seven innings, allowing one run on eight hits with three strikeouts and no walks.
Wrobleski has now made three starts this season, and he’s gone at least seven innings with one run or fewer in his last two. He is the only Dodgers starter to go seven-plus innings in two starts this year.
He owns a 1.88 ERA on the season, but a 0.90 ERA as a starting pitcher.
Shohei Ohtani extends on-base streak
Ohtani went 1-for-3 in the game with two walks and two runs scored, which extended his on-base streak to 52 consecutive games. He’s now one away from tying the Los Angeles Dodgers record set by Shawn Green during the 2000 season, and six away from tying Duke Snider for the franchise record set in 1954.
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