DENVER — Jason Heyward hit a pinch-hit grand slam and Teoscar Hernandez added a three-run homer — all in a seven-run ninth inning — because the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a wild 11-9 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night time.
“It was high quality of at-bat up and down the lineup,” Los Angeles supervisor Dave Roberts stated. “Jason was prepared when known as upon. Teo, he retains arising with large hits. That inning, definitely, the outcomes confirmed the battle, the compete.”
In response to Elias Sports activities Bureau analysis, the Dodgers had misplaced 1,137 straight video games when trailing by 5 or extra runs within the ninth inning or later, courting again to 1957, their final yr in Brooklyn. It was the second longest energetic dropping streak in that situation. Solely the Mariners (1,234 losses and 0 wins in franchise historical past) had an extended such dropping streak.
With their comeback win Tuesday, the Dodgers at the moment are 6-2, 619 all-time when trailing by 5 or extra runs within the ninth inning or later. Their seven runs have been additionally their most scored in a ninth inning since 2004 in opposition to the San Francisco Giants (additionally seven).
Heyward’s fourth profession grand slam got here off Tyler Kinley and adopted walks by Andy Pages and Miguel Vargas round a single by Miguel Rojas. Heyward’s fourth homer of the season hit the right-field foul pole and pulled the Dodgers inside 9-8 with one out within the inning after they trailed 7-2 after 4.
“I wasn’t positive if it was going to remain truthful or not,” stated Heyward, who hit an inside slider, “It is Colorado, so possibly that helped it straighten out a bit bit. I used to be like, ‘Come on, squeak in, squeak in.’ I truthfully really feel like we bought rewarded for our course of.”
Shohei Ohtani, who had a 476-foot homer within the fifth, singled off Victor Vodnik (1-1) earlier than Will Smith struck out taking care of trying to step out of the batter’s field on a 3-2 pitch.
After a wild pitch, Freddie Freeman obtained an intentional stroll, his sixth stroll prior to now two video games, citing Hernandez. Hernandez took a half-swing at a 1-2 fastball and first base umpire Lance Barksdale dominated that Hernandez didn’t commit. Colorado supervisor Bud Black argued the decision and was ejected.
On the subsequent pitch, Hernandez hit his 18th residence run to make it 11-9. It was the primary time the Dodgers had hit a grand slam and a three-run homer within the ninth inning of their 140-year historical past.
After Hernandez’s ball cleared the wall, Colorado proper fielder Jake Cave instantly took a couple of steps towards Barksdale and started yelling. Rockies second baseman Alan Trejo stepped between Cave and Barksdale after the inning ended.
“It was shut,” Hernandez stated. “You’ll be able to name it both manner and it is going to be wonderful. When Jason hit the grand slam and turning the lineup over to Ohtani, you realize one thing was going to occur. I simply needed to get a superb pitch hit to tie the sport. I put a bit additional and it went over the fence. I knew as quickly as I hit. It was nice, particularly as a result of it put the group forward.”
Evan Phillips bought the one batter he confronted, Hunter Goodman, with a runner on second to report his eleventh save in as many probabilities. Cave, the on-deck hitter, was restrained by bench coach Mike Redmond as he tried to succeed in Barksdale after the sport ended.
“After I’m working in [before the last of the ninth], he appears to be like me proper within the face and goes, ‘Cave, it is not even shut,'” Cave stated. “Everyone on this planet might see it was a minimum of shut. And he did swing. It is a large sport, it is probably the greatest groups in baseball and we’re battling with them.
“That sport’s gained on that swing, that is a swing-and-miss, the sport’s gained, and we beat the Los Angeles Dodgers.”
Elehuris Montero and Brenton Doyle homered for the Rockies, who scored 4 runs within the first and twice led by 5 runs.
Doyle added three singles for his first profession four-hit sport, scored twice and made a diving catch of Ohtani’s line drive to right-center discipline with runners on first and second and two outs within the seventh inning, preserving an 8-4 lead.
Dodgers starter Walker Buehler gave up eight hits and 7 runs in 4 innings. It was the primary time the 29-year-old right-hander allowed greater than three earned runs since returning to the rotation Could 6 after lacking the 2023 season due to Tommy John surgical procedure. He struck out two and walked one.
Pages additionally homered for the Dodgers, who’ve gained 4 of 5 and are 73-32 in opposition to Colorado since 2018. The Rockies have misplaced 5 of six.
Michael Petersen (1-0) labored two innings of reduction and struck out two in his main league debut.
“It was loopy,” stated Petersen, whose kin have been in attendance. “You’ll be able to’t really feel something. It is like your first date, you might be tripping over stuff. However superior.”
ESPN Stats & Info and The Related Press contributed to this report.
