Behind Sam Hilliard and C.J. Cron, Rockies outmuscle Dodgers for win at Coors Field

The Los Angeles Dodgers person beauteous overmuch owned the Rockies. But not Wednesday nighttime astatine Coors Field.

The Rockies’ potent home-field discourtesy cranked retired 12 hits successful a 10-5 win, including mammoth homers by Brendan Rodgers and Sam Hilliard and a 4-for-5 nighttime by C.J. Cron.

And connected a nighttime erstwhile starting pitching faltered connected some sides, the Rockies’ bullpen delivered. Robert Stephenson, Jordan Sheffield, Tyler Kinley, Daniel Bard and Lucas Gilbreath combined for 5 scoreless innings, allowing conscionable 1 deed and walking none.

Hilliard’s three-run, 438-foot homer to halfway successful the seventh disconnected of lefty reliever Alex Vesia enactment an exclamation constituent connected the triumph and enactment a dent successful L.A.’s National League West rubric hopes.

L.A. entered the crippled 12-5 against the Rockies this play and 19-8 successful its past 27 games against them since the commencement of 2020. But the Rockies outmuscled them Wednesday night.

The Dodgers (97-55) entered the nighttime trailing San Francisco by 1 crippled successful the NL West. The Giants were playing astatine San Diego successful a precocious game.

The crippled promised to beryllium a showcase for the 2 starting pitchers. But neither Dodgers’ right-hander Walker Buehler, nor Colorado righty German Marquez stuck astir for precise long.

Buehler, a campaigner for the National League Cy Young Award, was gone aft 3 2/3 innings, giving up 5 runs connected 7 hits, including a solo homer to Rodgers.

Marquez, a first-time all-star, didn’t fare immoderate better. In four-plus innings, helium was charged with 5 runs connected six hits, including a two-run homer to Luke Raley successful the fourth. The close fielder crushed Marquez’s first-pitch fastball 472 feet into the center-field seats. Marquez, who struggled for his 2nd commencement successful a row, uncorked 2 chaotic pitches and walked four.

In his archetypal 2 starts astatine Coors Field this season, Buehler dominated Colorado, posting a 2.77 ERA. And helium was successful bid aboriginal connected Wednesday night.

But past Rodgers led disconnected the 4th with his 425-foot weaponry to near field, opening the flood gates to the Rockies’ five-run inning. Singles by Charlie Blackmon, Trevor Story and Cron loaded the bases for Ryan McMahon, who punched a two-run azygous done the near side, tying the crippled astatine 3-all. Buehler looked similar helium mightiness flight large harm erstwhile helium got the adjacent 2 outs, but Marquez lined a two-run treble to right-center for a 5-3 Colorado lead.

But Marquez couldn’t clasp it. He walked Mookie Betts to unfastened the fifth, gave up a azygous to Corey Seager and past walked Trea Turner, loading the bases. When Marquez walked Max Muncy to unit successful a run, manager Bud Black had seen enough.

Black brought successful Robert Stephenson to look Justin Turner, who tied the game, 5-5, with a sacrifice alert to close field. L.A.’s inning mightiness person been bigger, but Blackmon wisely threw down Trea Turner and caught him disconnected 2nd basal for a treble play. Blackmon’s propulsion was a large turning constituent successful the game. Stephenson past struck retired Will Smith to extremity the inning.

The 2 teams play the 3rd crippled of the bid connected Thursday afternoon.