Hyun-Jin Ryu (8-3) tossed a three-hitter over six innings
and Dee Gordon had a 4-for-4 outing as the Dodgers dropped Colorado 6-1 last
night to pull to within six games of idle San Francisco in the National League
West.
Colorado came into the series opener fresh off a sweep of
the Giants but Ryu’s command and a 15-hit outburst from the Dodger offense was
more than enough to snap Colorado’s five-game winning streak.
Gordon ignited the Dodgers with a triple down the left field
line that Colorado’s Charlie Blackmon couldn’t corral and Gordon scored on the
play. The scorekeeper ruled it a triple and an error but Dodger manager Don
Mattingly called it an inside-the-park homer.
The Dodgers got three hits from Yasiel Puig and a pair of
hits from Matt Kemp and A.J. Ellis as Los Angeles scored in the third, fifth,
sixth and eighth innings. Kemp drove in a pair of runs with a single and a
double and is showing signs of returning to his MVP-candidate form of several
seasons ago.
Brandon League, J.P. Howell, Brian Wilson and Jamey Wright
pitched the final three innings and prevented the Rockies from mounting the
kind of comebacks that left San Francisco stunned.
The Giants have dropped six of their last seven games and
though still holding the best record in baseball may be coming back down to
earth after a torrid start of the season.
Los Angeles sends Zack Grienke (8-3, 2.65) to the bump today
against Jhoulys Chacin (1-4, 4.53).
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