There is nothing confidential about it; the Rockies are bad in L.A.
They lost 15-6 on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium and have lost eight straight at the venerable ballpark. Colorado is 92-177 all-time at Dodger Stadium.
Speaking of bad. Rockies lefty Kyle Freeland had nothing working, and the Rockies trailed 8-1 when he got the hook after four innings.
The final score was deceiving because the Rockies scored five runs in the ninth off infielder Miguel Rojas, who was pitching in relief to save wear and tear on the Dodgers’ bullpen. Included in Colorado’s faux rally against Rojas’ eephus pitches were home runs by Brett Sullivan, the catcher who finished the game on the mound for the third time in a week, and by Kyle Karros.
Key moments: There were three of them, all at the expense of Freeland: Mookie Betts hit a 404-foot, two-run homer to left-center in the first inning to give the Dodgers a 2-0 lead. Enrique Hernandez led off the third with a 371-foot homer to left-center to make it 3-1. Two batters later, Andy Pages hit another solo homer, this one a 418-foot blast to center to make it 4-1. Game, set, match, and the rout was on.
Who’s hot: Willi Castro, who got the start at first base, hit 2 for 3, boosting his average to .264. Castro has five multi-hit games in his last eight starts.
Catcher Hunter Goodman is not actually hot, but he did lead off the second with a home run to center off left-hander Eric Lauer. It was Goodman’s 12th homer.
Who’s not: Freeland, obviously, who has an 8.08 ERA after getting shelled for eight runs on nine hits in four innings. Add in the three homers he served up Tuesday night, and the lefty has given up 12 home runs in nine starts. Ten of those homers have come in May.
Right-handed reliever Zach Agnos, so good in his first professional start last Thursday at Arizona — five scoreless innings with one hit, one walk, and four strikeouts — got blasted by the Dodgers. They knocked him around for seven runs on six hits in just two innings. Included in the onslaught was a three-run homer by Betts and a two-run homer by Will Smith in Los Angeles’ five-run sixth.
Worth noting: Wednesday night’s series finale will feature two Japanese superstars on the mound. Colorado will start right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano, and Los Angeles will start two-way phenom Shohei Ohtani, who enters the game 4-2 with a minuscule 0.75 ERA.
Colorado is 6-18 in May and has been outscored 158-91, a minus-67 run differential.
Pitching probables
Wednesday: Rockies RHP Tomoyuki Sugano (4-3, 3.86 ERA) at Dodgers RHP Shohei Ohtani (4-2, 0.73), 8:10 p.m.
Thursday: Off day
Friday: Giants RHP Logan Webb (2-4, 5.06) at Rockies RHP Michael Lorenzen (2-7, 7.21), 6:40 p.m.
TV: Rockies.TV
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