Mitch White and José Ureña provided an unexpected pitchers’ duel as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Colorado Rockies, 2-1, in walk-off fashion.
Tied 1-1 in the bottom of the ninth, the Rockies called on Daniel Bard looking to get the game into extra innings but he was quickly greeted with a leadoff single from Cody Bellinger.
That was followed by a single from Gavin Lux to put runners at the corners and Will Smith walked to load the bases with no outs.
Mookie Betts then delivered his first walk-off hit as a member of the Dodgers with an infield single.
White pitched 5.2 no-hit innings with 99 pitches, however, on the 100th pitch, Brendan Rodgers singled, which led to Kris Bryant scoring on a throwing error from Bellinger.
White’s day ended with 5.2 innings pitched, the longest start of his career, and he gave up one run (unearned) on one hit with six strikeouts and four walks. He also set a career-high with 102 pitches.
Ureña was also highly impressive, throwing six scoreless innings with just two hits allowed before he went back out for the seventh.
In his final inning, Ureña wasn’t able to find the same success he had throughout the night and he was removed from the game after giving up a pair of two-out hits to Bellinger and Gavin Lux.
Zack Bird, who came into pitch for the Rockies, then hit Austin Barnes to load the bases for Mookie Betts. While Betts didn’t end up getting a hit, the Dodgers tied the game when Bellinger scored on a wild pitch.
That ended the night for Ureña with 6.2 innings pitched and one run on five hits allowed.
David Price and Yency Almonte followed White and combined to pitch 2.1 scoreless innings.
The Dodgers turned to Craig Kimbrel in the ninth inning with the game tied at one in his first game back since being struck in the back with a line drive on Sunday.
Kimbrel needed all of five pitches to retire the side in order and went on to earn the win.
Baseball didn’t carry all night
The Dodgers’ offense nearly broke through against Ureña multiple times, but the ball just wasn’t carrying at any point in the game and they struggled to string hits together for most of the game.
Max Muncy, Trea Turner, Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts all hit deep fly balls to the warning track, each just shy of giving L.A. the lead. The Rockies also hit a few balls to the warning track in the game.
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