Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani watches his three-run double off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Ryan Feltner during the second inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 19, 2024, in Denver.
13:31 JST, June 20, 2024
DENVER (AP) — Brenton Doyle broke a ninth-inning tie with a sacrifice fly and the Colorado Rockies bounced back from a tough loss to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-6 on Wednesday night.
Doyle’s fly ball to center was deep enough for Jake Cave to score from third, giving Colorado the victory a night after the Rockies blew a five-run lead in the ninth inning in an 11-9 loss.
“I was trying to get a ball in the zone so I could hit the ball somewhere in the air and deep enough to score Jake,” Doyle said.
Cave and Elhehuris Montero led off the ninth with singles off Yohan Ramirez (0-3), and rookie Adael Amador, who had two singles, reached on a fielder’s choice.
Tuesday night’s loss came when Teoscar Hernandez hit a go-head three-run homer with two outs after first base umpire Lance Barksdale ruled the slugger had not swung on strike three.
Cave was animated as he shouted at Barksdale from right field, saying Wednesday’s win had more meaning.
“Baseball is kind of poetic and this is a little glimpse of that,” he said. “With some drama happening late (Tuesday) night to be in the ninth inning, tie, tie or runners on and no outs, I get a chance to score the winning run.”
Michael Toglia homered and tripled and Jalen Beeks (3-3) pitched an inning of relief to help Colorado snap a four-game skid.
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani heads to first after a three-run double off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Ryan Feltner during the second inning of a baseball game on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, in Denver.
Shohei Ohtani doubled, singled and drove in three runs for Los Angeles. Freddie Freeman also had two hits for the Dodgers.
Los Angeles’ Bobby Miller made his first start since April 10 after spending more than two months on the injured list due to inflammation in his right shoulder.
After Toglia hit a three-run homer off Miller in the first inning, the Dodgers took a 4-3 lead in the second on Ohtani’s three-run double and Freeman’s RBI single.
“The adrenaline was pretty high in the first inning, getting a couple quick outs and then a two-out walk,” Miller said. “(Toglia), I missed a fastball up the middle. I’d like to think that if I threw it in a different spot, I’d only allow two runs.”
Jason Heyward, who hit a grand slam to spark a seven-run ninth inning in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, doubled down two runs at home in the fifth off Rockies starter Ryan Feltner.
Miller went 6 1/3 innings – his longest outing this year – but was denied the win when Colorado scored twice in the seventh.
