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Rockies Recap: Pitchers shine, blank Dodgers, strike out 11

Ezequiel Tovar hitting .500 with a 1.542 OPS

Colorado Rockies pitcher Bradley Blalock (64) throws warm-up pitches before the start of a spring training baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Darryl Webb)
Colorado Rockies pitcher Bradley Blalock (64) throws warm-up pitches before the start of a spring training baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Darryl Webb)
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Rockies 2, Dodgers 0

Thursday at Salt River Fields

On the mound: Seven Rockies pitchers combined for 11 strikeouts and limited the Dodgers to no runs and just five hits. … Bradley Blaylock got the start and struck out five in two innings … Right-hander Gabriel Hughes blanked the Dodgers for 2 1/3 innings, fanning three while giving up two hits and one walk and striking out three. … Lefty Ryan Rolison, Colorado’s first-round pick in 2018, was called up from minor-league camp. Rolison, who’s battled a shoulder injury and has yet to make his major league debut, allowed one walk in two-thirds of an inning.

At the plate: Shortstop Ezequiel Tovar hit 1 for 3 with an RBI double. Tovar is hitting .500 with a 1.542 OPS. … Backup catching candidate Hunter Goodman delivered Colorado’s second run with a pinch-hit double down the left-field line to score Kyle Karros in the seventh. … New second baseman Thairo Estrada stayed hot, going 2 for 3 to raise his spring average to .583. … Designated hitter Kris Bryant’s average dropped to .200 after his 0-for-3 day that included a strikeout.

Prospect watch: Right-handed reliever Zach Agnos has yet to be scored on this spring. He pitched a scoreless sixth, striking out one and allowing no hits or walks. Agnos has pitched three scoreless innings this spring, allowing one hit and no walks while striking out one.

Up Next: Rockies at Guardians, 1:05 p.m. (MST) Friday

Rockies probable pitchers: LHP Kyle Freeland, RHP Antonio Senzatela, RHP Angel Chivilli, RHP Diego Castillo, LHP Evan Justice, LHP Jack O’Loughlin.

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