The Rockies flunked their Litmus test. Just barely. But this is the big leagues, where they don’t grade on a curve.
The Rockies rallied late, scoring three times in the eighth, sparked by Jordan Beck’s two-run double.
But it wasn’t quite enough. The Dodgers did what they usually do in LoDo, winning 9-7 on a perfect summer evening at Coors Field. An RBI double by Teoscar Hernandez in the ninth off reliever Juan Mejia gave Los Angeles the safety net it needed.
The Dodgers, 4-0 against the Rockies this season after a three-game sweep in L.A. in April, were 6-1 at Coors last season.
Before Tuesday night’s game, interim manager Warren Schaeffer agreed that facing quality teams like the defending World Series champion Dodgers was, indeed, a litmus test.
Things started well for the Rockies, but quickly fell apart.
Los Angeles’ six-run fourth inning was a Bleak Street Bummer for Colorado. First baseman Michael Toglia, who had a big night at the plate, made two costly fielding errors. Plus, his throw to try and nail Will Smith was off line. L.A.’s big blows were Michael Conforto’s three-run homer off a German Marquez knuckle curve that banged off the second-deck facade in right field, and an RBI double to right by Mookie Betts.
Superstar Shohei Ohtani gave the multitude of blue-clad Dodgers fans in the announced crowd of 36,492 what they were hoping for when he hit an opposite-field, two-run homer to left off Ryan Rolison in the sixth.
The Rockies, 18-61 overall, have yet to win back-to-back games at Coors this season. Their 8-30 record is their worst start at home in franchise history.
Marquez, who had put together an impressive run of six starts, dominated Los Angeles for the first three innings, allowing two hits and striking out four. But the fourth began with Freedie Freeman’s grounder going under Toglia’s glove, followed by singles by Smith and Max Muncy to load the bases.
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Marquez (3-9, 6.26 ERA) allowed six runs (four earned) on six hits. He struck out six and walked none.
Toglia’s double to right field off of L.A.’s opening pitcher, Jack Dreyer, scored Goodman to give Colorado an early 1-0 lead. Toglia hit another RBI double in the third, off Justin Wrobleski, putting Colorado ahead, 2-0.
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