Colorado Rockies vs Los Angeles Dodgers Match Player Stats On Sep 09, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Sep 10, 2017

LOS ANGELES -- Trevor Story hit a home run and drove in three runs as the Colorado Rockies held on for a 6-5 victory Saturday, continuing the recent misery of the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers.

Rockies starter Chad Bettis (1-2) was not sharp but did enough to foil the Dodgers, who have lost nine straight games -- their most since losing 10 in a row in 1992 -- and 14 of their last 15. Los Angeles (92-50) remarkably still has the best record in baseball.

Bettis, in his sixth start since overcoming testicular cancer that was discovered over the winter, gave up four runs (three earned) and six hits in five innings. He struck out five while not walking a batter.

Greg Holland yielded a solo run to Logan Forsythe leading off the ninth inning before recording his 39th save and second in two nights.

In the early going, it looked like the Rockies would pour it on by giving the struggling Dodgers more of the same they have endured for more than two weeks. In the second inning, Dodgers starter Alex Wood was knocked around to the tune of four runs, two on a deep home run by Story, to go along with RBI hits from Charlie Blackmon and Nolan Arenado.

It took a few more innings, but the Dodgers started to look like the April ... and May ... and June ... and July version of themselves. The Dodgers got things going on Justin Turner's RBI single in the fourth inning off Bettis. Cody Bellinger doubled to put two aboard and Yasiel Puig knocked in both runners with a double to cut the Colorado lead to 4-3.

The inning was filled with uncharacteristically poor defense from the Rockies. Gold Glove Award collector Nolan Arenado made a throwing error at third base, Story made a fielding error at shortstop and Puig's double actually glanced off Arenado's glove before deflecting into foul territory.

The Dodger Stadium crowd, which had been stunned the entire homestand, was electric before turning subdued again when the Rockies padded their lead. A RBI double from Story made it 5-3 Rockies in the fifth inning.

The Rockies' lead was back down a run a half inning later when veteran Andre Ethier crushed a pinch-hit homer to deep right field. It was only the 11th at-bat all season for Ethier, who has been out with a back injury suffered during spring training.

Wood gave up five runs and eight hits over five innings, with three walks and two strikeouts. In two starts since coming off the disabled list because of left SC joint inflammation, Wood has given up nine runs and 15 hits over 11 innings.

NOTES: Rockies CF Charlie Blackmon has 89 RBIs out of the leadoff spot, the most out of the top of the order since Hall of Famer Craig Biggio in 1998. ... Rockies 2B DJ LeMahieu went 0-for-4 to see his season-long 16-game hit streak come to an end. ... Dodgers 3B Justin Turner drove in a run in the fourth inning Saturday, his ninth RBI in 13 games against the Rockies this season. ... Dodgers OF Andre Ethier not only delivered his first home run of the season, it was his first RBI of 2017 and only his second regular-season home run over the last two years.