Max Muncy And Dalton Rushing Each Homer Twice In Dodgers' 15-hit, Blowout Win

DENVER — The Dodgers escaped nan House of Mile-High Horrors having to salvage a divided against nan less-talented Colorado Rockies, having played nan coldest crippled successful franchise history, having reliever Blake Treinen deed successful nan caput by a batted shot during batting practice.

And astir significantly, having to study Monday that prima person Edwin Díaz will person surgery to region “loose bodies” successful his correct elbow, apt sidelining him for 3 months.

But nan 4th and last crippled astatine Coors Field was much normal, much for illustration it. More for illustration nan Dodgers, who dominated, 12-3.

They piled up 15 hits, 5 of them location runs and scored successful each inning but nan first and fifth.

Among nan Dodgers’ galore highlights: Miguel Rojas pumping his fists moving to first guidelines aft smacking his 1,000th deed done nan spread to near field.

And Ohtani extended his consecutive on-base streak to 52 pinch a azygous to correct successful nan third, erstwhile nan Dodgers pushed nan lead to 4-1. That moved him wrong 1 crippled of Shawn Green’s mark, which is 2nd all-time among Dodgers. Ohtani besides stole his first guidelines of nan season.

Also, nan Dodgers (16-6) had back-to-back location runs for nan first this season. Those came successful nan second, erstwhile Nos. 6 and 7 hitters Max Muncy and Rojas — who Roberts flipped successful nan lineup conscionable earlier nan crippled — deed solo shots to put their squad successful front, 2-1.

Muncy added different agelong shot successful nan ninth, yanking his eighth location tally of nan play 397 feet into nan near section to make it 10-2 — and profession multi-home tally crippled No. 22, arsenic good arsenic No. 5 astatine Coors Field and No. 3 this season.

Dodgers prima Shohei Ohtani rounds 3rd guidelines connected his measurement to scoring successful nan 3rd inning against nan Rockies connected Monday. Ohtani extended his on-base streak to 52 games.

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And past location was Dalton Rushing, who sewage successful nan lineup astatine first guidelines alternatively of catching. He played solidly successful nan section successful spot of Freddie Freeman, who is connected paternity leave. But much importantly, he continued to smolder astatine nan plate, hitting his sixth and seventh location runs successful conscionable his 26th and 27th at-bats this season.

Rushing’s 385-foot blast to near section and Teoscar Hernández’s RBI azygous made it 9-1 successful nan eighth. And Rushing’s two-run, 421-foot explosive successful nan ninth made it 12-2 and gave him his 2nd profession multi-home tally game.

The big Rockies (9-14) moreover contributed to nan Dodgers’ cause, pinch 3 errors and an ill-timed balk connected starter Jose Quintana that not only erased a double play but brought location Muncy to make it 5-1 successful nan fourth.

On nan mound for nan Dodgers, starter Justin Wrobleski unopen down a Rockies squad that conscionable scored a mixed 13 runs connected their 2 wins against nan Dodgers.

Dodgers starting pitcher Justin Wrobleski delivers during nan first inning against nan Rockies connected Monday night.

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Wrobleski sounded 7 innings, allowing 8 hits but conscionable 1 run. That came earlier he sewage his first out, erstwhile Jordan Beck and Brenton Doyle opened pinch consecutive doubles.

After that, crisp protect plays by Rushing and 2nd baseman Santiago Espinal sewage nan Dodgers retired of nan first inning. The Rockies didn’t frighten again against Wrobleski until nan fifth, erstwhile they put runners connected nan corners pinch 1 retired but again couldn’t score.

The 25-year-old Wrobleski has fixed up conscionable 2 runs successful 20 innings done 3 starts — each wins — this season.

The Rockies’ only different runs came connected TJ Rumfield’s 440-foot location tally successful nan eighth, and successful nan ninth, erstwhile they scored 1 tally connected Jake Eder, nan reliever who made his Dodgers debut aft being called up successful spot of Díaz.

Up adjacent for nan Dodgers: A three-game bid starting Tuesday successful San Francisco.