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 evening.
“It was high quality of at-bat up and down the lineup,” Los Angeles supervisor Dave Roberts stated. “Jason was prepared when referred to as upon. Teo, he retains developing with huge hits. That inning, actually, the outcomes confirmed the battle, the compete.”
In line with 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, relationship again to 1957, their final 12 months in Brooklyn. It was the second longest lively dropping streak in that state of affairs. 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 are actually 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 towards 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 somewhat bit. I used to be like, ‘Come on, squeak in, squeak in.’ I actually really feel like we obtained 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 making an attempt 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 previously 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 following 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 number of steps towards Barksdale and commenced 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 positive. When Jason hit the grand slam and turning the lineup over to Ohtani, you understand one thing was going to occur. I simply wished to get an excellent pitch hit to tie the sport. I put somewhat 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 crew forward.”
Evan Phillips obtained the one batter he confronted, Hunter Goodman, with a runner on second to document 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 seems to be me proper within the face and goes, ‘Cave, it isn’t even shut,'” Cave stated. “Everyone on this planet might see it was no less than shut. And he did swing. It is a huge recreation, it is probably the greatest groups in baseball and we’re battling with them.
“That recreation’s received on that swing, that is a swing-and-miss, the sport’s received, and we beat the Los Angeles Dodgers.”
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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 recreation, scored twice and made a diving catch of Ohtani’s line drive to right-center subject 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 received 4 of 5 and are 73-32 towards 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 kinfolk have been in attendance. “You’ll be able to’t really feel something. It is like your first date, you’re tripping over stuff. However superior.”
ESPN Stats & Info and The Related Press contributed to this report.