LOS ANGELES—Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez each hit two-run doubles, and center fielder Dexter Fowler robbed Adrian Gonzalez of what would have been his second home run of the game, leading the Colorado Rockies to a 7-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night.
Reliever Josh Outman (1-0) got credit for the victory in the rubber game of the series, allowing one hit over two scoreless innings.
Josh Beckett (0-4) gave up five runs and five hits in four innings before he was lifted for a pinch-hitter. It’s the first time in Beckett’s 13-year career that the three-time All-Star and 2003 World Series MVP has gone winless in his first six starts.
Colorado snapped a 3-all tie in the fourth when Josh Rutledge led off with a double, Eric Young walked and Carlos Gonzalez drove both of them in with his double into the right field corner. The Rockies extended the margin to 7-3 in the seventh on an RBI double by Michael Cuddyer and a run-scoring single by Rutledge, who had three hits.
The Rockies grabbed a 3-0 lead in the first against Beckett, who threw 18 pitches before recording an out. Shortstop Hanley Ramirez, making his second start of the season after returning from surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb, misplayed Young’s grounder toward the middle for an error.
Fowler’s single and a walk to Carlos Gonzalez loaded the bases for Tulowitzki, who returned to the lineup after missing two games with an injured left shoulder and drove in a pair of runs with his double to left-center. Cuddyer followed with a sacrifice fly.
Los Angeles got two of those runs back in the bottom half when Adrian Gonzalez drove a 2-2 pitch into the lower seats in the right field corner after a double by Ramirez. The Dodgers’ cleanup hitter nearly had his second homer in as many at-bats, driving a 2-2 pitch to left-center with two men on in the third before Fowler leaped above the 8-foot fence to haul it in.
Los Angeles managed to get the tying run across later that inning when Nick Punto scored on a bases-loaded wild pitch to A.J. Ellis after a two-out intentional walk to Andre Ethier, who came in 7 for 11 lifetime against starter Juan Nicasio.
The Rockies loaded the bases in the second, but Beckett escaped unscathed this time as Tulowitzki looked at a borderline third strike at the knees.
NOTES: Colorado’s relievers pitched 24 2-3 innings on this 3-4 road trip and allowed three runs—all of them unearned. … Carlos Gonzalez’s .362 career average against the Dodgers is the second-highest among active players, nine points behind the Mate’ David Wright. … Nicasio only lasted four innings and has failed to complete six innings in 16 of his 30 big league starts. When he does, he is 7-1 with a 2.23 ERA. … Beckett is 7-20 with a 4.95 ERA in his last 36 starts, including his final two outings of 2011. … Ellis came in leading the majors with an average of 4.57 pitches per plate appearance. He saw 17 pitches in his four trips to the batter’s box on Wednesday, going 1 for 4. … Dodgers LHP Chris Capuano, sidelined since April 17 after straining his left calf in his first start of the season, threw 72 pitches over 5 1-3 innings in a rehab start for Triple-A Albuquerque against Memphis. He allowed two runs and seven hits, struck out three and walked one.
