Shohei Ohtani had three hits, James Paxton pitched seven innings of reduction and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 9-5 on Monday night time to open a four-game collection between the highest and backside groups within the NL West.
Miguel Rojas and Jason Heyward additionally had three hits apiece for the first-place Dodgers, who completed with 14. Freddie Freeman walked 5 instances, one shy of a significant league report.
“The previous couple of weeks, I do know we haven't been swinging like we wished to, however I felt just like the at-bats had been getting higher as every day glided by,” Freeman mentioned. “At present, we form of put all of it collectively.”
Ohtani doubled twice, drove in a run and had his third multi-hit efficiency in his final 4 video games, a stretch by which he has seven hits in 15 at-bats. The 2-time AL MVP entered the majors second in extra-base hits, tied for fifth in hits and sixth in batting common.
Paxton (7-1) allowed only one run and two hits in his longest outing of the season. He had a career-high eight strikeouts and walked only one in his first profession begin at hitter-friendly Coors Discipline.
“In case you're considering it's Coors Discipline and the ball is flying and also you're apprehensive about that, you're not targeted on the pitch you're throwing,” Paxton mentioned. “You possibly can't be distracted by issues like that.”
Los Angeles left 13 runners on base, tying a season excessive.
The loss was the Rockies' sixth of their final eight video games and 12th in 16 video games in June. In that span, they had been outscored by a 109-66 margin.
Jacob Stallings, Greg Jones and Hunter Goodman every homered for Colorado, which received 4 runs within the ninth off JP Feyereisen. Jones' residence run, which got here as a shot within the ninth, was his first profession hit.
Cal Quantrill (6-5) gave up seven hits and three earned runs in 5 innings. The 29-year-old right-hander entered 6-1 with a 1.91 ERA over his earlier eight begins.
“They only make it robust,” Quantrill mentioned. “In case you take the primary two out, they're going to ensure the third man is a troublesome man. There are some issues I may have executed higher at this time, however total we fought. We simply haven't been in a position to try this.”
INSTRUCTOR'S ROOM
Dodgers: SS Mookie Betts (fractured left hand) was positioned on the 10-day injured record, with supervisor Dave Roberts saying the 2018 AL MVP will miss about six to eight weeks. … Los Angeles recalled Miguel Vargas from Triple-A Oklahoma Metropolis.
Rockies: Reinstated RHP Jake Chook (proper elbow irritation) and RHP Justin Lawrence (proper shoulder pressure) from 15-day IL. … Positioned LHP Josh Rogers (rotator cuff pressure) on 15-day IL, retroactive to June 14. … Optioned RHP Angel Chivilli to Double-A Hartford.
IT FOLLOWS
Dodgers RHP Walker Buehler (1-Four, Four.64 ERA) pitched Tuesday towards LHP Austin Gomber (1-Four, Four.36).