DENVER -- The Los Angeles Dodgers came into Coors Field fully anticipating a clinch. They leave a little clenched.
Being swept by a last-place team will do that.
Nolan Arenado homered and drove in a career-high five runs as the Colorado Rockies beat Los Angeles 12-5 on Sunday, keeping the Dodgers from moving closer to a third straight NL West title.
The magic number for Los Angeles (87-68) remained at two after San Francisco (81-74) beat Oakland. The Dodgers open a four-game series against the defending World Series champion Giants on Monday at AT&T Park, where they are 0-6 this season.
"It's pretty embarrassing to come in here and get swept this late in the year," pitcher Alex Wood said. "If you look at the two teams today and don't know anything about baseball, I think you would've guessed the Rockies were about to head to the postseason and we weren't."
"We'll get a real big wakeup call here (in San Francisco)."
The Dodgers do have this going for them in that pivotal series by the Bay -- Zack Greinke is starting on Monday and Clayton Kershaw on Tuesday.
"Bet a lot of teams that would trade spots with us right now," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "I like where we're at. I don't like we've lost three straight games. But at this point, you can't do anything about it."
Arenado hit his 41st homer in the fourth. He also had a sacrifice fly and a run-scoring single, giving him a major league-leading 126 RBI this season.
"It means a lot (to sweep LA)," said Arenado, whose team finished 36-45 at Coors Field to avoid tying their worst home record, 35-46 in 2012. "We didn't quit. We're not quitting. We never have."
Chris Rusin (6-9) surrendered four runs -- three earned -- in 5 1/3 innings as Colorado swept Los Angeles for the first time since 2007.
Wood (11-12) couldn't hold a 4-1 lead, allowing eight runs in 5 1/3 innings. He limited Colorado to one hit over eight scoreless innings two weeks ago.
Arenado gave the Rockies the lead for good when he lined a fastball from Wood into left-center bleachers.
But it was a slide that set up Arenado's theatrics. DJ LeMahieu hit what looked like an inning-ending double play, only to have a hard-charging Charlie Blackmon cause second baseman Howie Kendrick to throw high and allow LeMahieu to beat the throw.
"This a tough time of year, honestly," Mattingly said. "It's tough to win games. It's tough to beat people. It's just tough."
Now, it's off to San Francisco.
"They're a good ballclub," Wood said. "I know the last thing on anybody's minds in the San Francisco's clubhouse is losing to us and letting us clinch on their field."
PUIG UPDATE
Mattingly wouldn't rule out Yasiel Puig (hamstring) from playing in the postseason -- should the Dodgers qualify, of course -- but acknowledged it may be difficult since the outfielder hasn't played in a month.
"Right now, it's not part of the equation," Mattingly said. "When it becomes part of the equation, then we can think about it a lot more."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Dodgers: 1B Adrian Gonzalez (pinched nerve) feels better but was kept out of the lineup as a precaution. Mattingly is hopeful Gonzalez can play Monday. ... INF Corey Seager didn't start because of heavy legs. He entered as a pinch hitter in the seventh and struck out. ... OF Kike Hernandez (hamstring) is expected to join the team in San Francisco.
Rockies: SS Cristhian Adames left the game after the second when he bruised his neck and right index finger on a collision with Joc Pederson while covering third base. Rafael Ynoa took his place and had an RBI double.
UP NEXT
Dodgers: His sore calf feeling better, Greinke (18-3, 1.65) takes the mound Monday in San Francisco.
Rockies: RHP Christian Bergman (3-1, 4.62) starts Tuesday in Arizona. He has a 1.78 ERA in 10 road games -- one start -- this season.
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Being swept by a last-place team will do that.
Nolan Arenado homered and drove in a career-high five runs as the Colorado Rockies beat Los Angeles 12-5 on Sunday, keeping the Dodgers from moving closer to a third straight NL West title.
The magic number for Los Angeles (87-68) remained at two after San Francisco (81-74) beat Oakland. The Dodgers open a four-game series against the defending World Series champion Giants on Monday at AT&T Park, where they are 0-6 this season.
"It's pretty embarrassing to come in here and get swept this late in the year," pitcher Alex Wood said. "If you look at the two teams today and don't know anything about baseball, I think you would've guessed the Rockies were about to head to the postseason and we weren't."
"We'll get a real big wakeup call here (in San Francisco)."
The Dodgers do have this going for them in that pivotal series by the Bay -- Zack Greinke is starting on Monday and Clayton Kershaw on Tuesday.
"Bet a lot of teams that would trade spots with us right now," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "I like where we're at. I don't like we've lost three straight games. But at this point, you can't do anything about it."
Arenado hit his 41st homer in the fourth. He also had a sacrifice fly and a run-scoring single, giving him a major league-leading 126 RBI this season.
"It means a lot (to sweep LA)," said Arenado, whose team finished 36-45 at Coors Field to avoid tying their worst home record, 35-46 in 2012. "We didn't quit. We're not quitting. We never have."
Chris Rusin (6-9) surrendered four runs -- three earned -- in 5 1/3 innings as Colorado swept Los Angeles for the first time since 2007.
Wood (11-12) couldn't hold a 4-1 lead, allowing eight runs in 5 1/3 innings. He limited Colorado to one hit over eight scoreless innings two weeks ago.
Arenado gave the Rockies the lead for good when he lined a fastball from Wood into left-center bleachers.
But it was a slide that set up Arenado's theatrics. DJ LeMahieu hit what looked like an inning-ending double play, only to have a hard-charging Charlie Blackmon cause second baseman Howie Kendrick to throw high and allow LeMahieu to beat the throw.
"This a tough time of year, honestly," Mattingly said. "It's tough to win games. It's tough to beat people. It's just tough."
Now, it's off to San Francisco.
"They're a good ballclub," Wood said. "I know the last thing on anybody's minds in the San Francisco's clubhouse is losing to us and letting us clinch on their field."
PUIG UPDATE
Mattingly wouldn't rule out Yasiel Puig (hamstring) from playing in the postseason -- should the Dodgers qualify, of course -- but acknowledged it may be difficult since the outfielder hasn't played in a month.
"Right now, it's not part of the equation," Mattingly said. "When it becomes part of the equation, then we can think about it a lot more."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Dodgers: 1B Adrian Gonzalez (pinched nerve) feels better but was kept out of the lineup as a precaution. Mattingly is hopeful Gonzalez can play Monday. ... INF Corey Seager didn't start because of heavy legs. He entered as a pinch hitter in the seventh and struck out. ... OF Kike Hernandez (hamstring) is expected to join the team in San Francisco.
Rockies: SS Cristhian Adames left the game after the second when he bruised his neck and right index finger on a collision with Joc Pederson while covering third base. Rafael Ynoa took his place and had an RBI double.
UP NEXT
Dodgers: His sore calf feeling better, Greinke (18-3, 1.65) takes the mound Monday in San Francisco.
Rockies: RHP Christian Bergman (3-1, 4.62) starts Tuesday in Arizona. He has a 1.78 ERA in 10 road games -- one start -- this season.
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4:10PM,EDT,September 27,2015
Coors Field, Denver, Colorado
Coors Field, Denver, Colorado
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Los Angeles - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Rusin pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Ruggiano lined out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Rollins doubled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Kendrick grounded out to second, Rollins to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Van Slyke struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Alex Wood pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| Blackmon flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| LeMahieu grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Arenado grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Chris Rusin pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Ellis grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Guerrero singled to deep left. | 0 | 0 |
| Guerrero stole second. | 0 | 0 |
| Heisey flied out to center, Guerrero to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Pederson intentionally walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Wood safe at first on throwing error by third baseman Arenado, Guerrero scored, Pederson advanced to second on Arenado throwing error, Pederson out at third in rundown. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Alex Wood pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| González grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Rosario grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Dickerson doubled to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Ynoa hit for Adames. | 1 | 0 |
| Ynoa doubled to right, Dickerson scored. | 1 | 1 |
| Murphy intentionally walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Rusin grounded out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Chris Rusin pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Ynoa at shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| Ruggiano walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Rollins singled to center, Ruggiano to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Kendrick singled to center, Ruggiano to third, Rollins to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Van Slyke reached on infield single to pitcher, Ruggiano scored, Rollins to third, Kendrick to second. | 2 | 1 |
| Ellis grounded out to third, Rollins scored, Kendrick to third, Van Slyke to second. | 3 | 1 |
| Guerrero grounded out to second, Kendrick scored, Van Slyke to third. | 4 | 1 |
| Heisey walked. | 4 | 1 |
| Pederson struck out swinging. | 4 | 1 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Alex Wood pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| Blackmon flied out to right. | 4 | 1 |
| LeMahieu singled to right. | 4 | 1 |
| Arenado walked, LeMahieu to second. | 4 | 1 |
| González popped out to catcher. | 4 | 1 |
| Rosario singled to left, LeMahieu scored, Arenado to second. | 4 | 2 |
| Dickerson struck out swinging. | 4 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Chris Rusin pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Wood doubled to deep right. | 4 | 2 |
| Ruggiano grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 2 |
| Rollins grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 2 |
| Kendrick grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Alex Wood pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| Ynoa singled to left. | 4 | 2 |
| Murphy flied out to center. | 4 | 2 |
| Rusin singled to center, Ynoa to second. | 4 | 2 |
| Blackmon reached on bunt single to pitcher, Ynoa to third, Rusin to second. | 4 | 2 |
| LeMahieu grounded into fielder's choice to third, Ynoa scored, Blackmon out at second, Rusin to third. | 4 | 3 |
| Arenado homered to left (439 feet), Rusin and LeMahieu scored. | 4 | 6 |
| González grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 6 |
| 4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Chris Rusin pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Van Slyke grounded out to third. | 4 | 6 |
| Ellis struck out looking. | 4 | 6 |
| Guerrero reached on infield single to shortstop. | 4 | 6 |
| Heisey fouled out to first. | 4 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Alex Wood pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| Rosario singled to right. | 4 | 6 |
| Dickerson grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Rosario out at second. | 4 | 6 |
| Ynoa grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Chris Rusin pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Pederson grounded out to pitcher. | 4 | 6 |
| Wood singled to center. | 4 | 6 |
| Germen relieved Rusin. | 4 | 6 |
| Paulsen at first base. | 4 | 6 |
| Ethier hit for Ruggiano. | 4 | 6 |
| Ethier singled to right, Wood to third. | 4 | 6 |
| Rollins flied out to left. | 4 | 6 |
| Kendrick reached on infield single to second, Ethier to second. | 4 | 6 |
| Utley hit for Van Slyke. | 4 | 6 |
| Utley flied out to center. | 4 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Alex Wood pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| Ethier in right field. | 4 | 6 |
| Utley at first base. | 4 | 6 |
| Heisey in left field. | 4 | 6 |
| Murphy singled to left. | 4 | 6 |
| Paulsen singled to right center, Murphy to second. | 4 | 6 |
| Blackmon sacrificed to first, Murphy to third, Paulsen to second. | 4 | 6 |
| Báez relieved Wood. | 4 | 6 |
| LeMahieu sacrificed into fielder's choice to pitcher, Murphy scored, Paulsen to third. | 4 | 7 |
| Arenado hit sacrifice fly to left, Paulsen scored. | 4 | 8 |
| Howell relieved Báez. | 4 | 8 |
| LeMahieu to second on balk by Howell. | 4 | 8 |
| González singled to right center, LeMahieu scored. | 4 | 9 |
| Morneau hit for Germen. | 4 | 9 |
| Morneau grounded out to second. | 4 | 9 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Scott Oberg pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Oberg relieved Germen. | 4 | 9 |
| Ellis grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 9 |
| Seager hit for Guerrero. | 4 | 9 |
| Seager struck out looking. | 4 | 9 |
| Crawford hit for Heisey. | 4 | 9 |
| Crawford singled to right. | 4 | 9 |
| Logan relieved Oberg. | 4 | 9 |
| Pederson singled to right, Crawford to second. | 4 | 9 |
| Turner hit for Howell. | 4 | 9 |
| Turner lined out to second. | 4 | 9 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Ian Thomas pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| Seager at third base. | 4 | 9 |
| Crawford in left field. | 4 | 9 |
| Thomas relieved Howell. | 4 | 9 |
| Dickerson struck out swinging. | 4 | 9 |
| Ynoa grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 9 |
| Murphy struck out swinging. | 4 | 9 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Jairo Diaz pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Díaz relieved Logan. | 4 | 9 |
| Ethier grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 9 |
| Rollins grounded out to pitcher. | 4 | 9 |
| Kendrick grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 9 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Ian Thomas pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| Paulsen walked. | 4 | 9 |
| Blackmon walked, Paulsen to second. | 4 | 9 |
| Johnson relieved Thomas. | 4 | 9 |
| LeMahieu struck out looking. | 4 | 9 |
| Arenado singled to left, Paulsen scored, Blackmon to second. | 4 | 10 |
| González reached on infield single to pitcher, Blackmon to third, Arenado to second. | 4 | 10 |
| Parker hit for Díaz. | 4 | 10 |
| Parker singled to shallow center, Blackmon and Arenado scored, González to second. | 4 | 12 |
| Dickerson grounded into fielder's choice to first, Parker out at second, González to third. | 4 | 12 |
| Ynoa struck out swinging. | 4 | 12 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Jason Gurka pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Gurka relieved Díaz. | 4 | 12 |
| Utley doubled to deep right. | 4 | 12 |
| Ellis struck out swinging. | 4 | 12 |
| Seager struck out swinging. | 4 | 12 |
| Crawford hit a ground rule double to deep left, Utley scored. | 5 | 12 |
| Pederson grounded out to first. | 5 | 12 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles Dodgers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Ruggiano LF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .326 | .380 | .652 |
a-Ethier PH-RF
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .296 | .367 | .484 |
| Rollins SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .226 | .286 | .361 |
| Kendrick 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .293 | .335 | .407 |
| Van Slyke 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .244 | .324 | .392 |
b-Utley PH-1B
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .218 | .293 | .355 |
| Ellis C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .227 | .345 | .384 |
| Guerrero 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .237 | .265 | .442 |
c-Seager PH-3B
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .338 | .437 | .595 |
| Heisey RF-LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | .167 | .338 | .259 |
d-Crawford PH-LF
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .274 | .312 | .427 |
| Pederson CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | .211 | .346 | .414 |
| Wood P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .173 | .232 | .212 |
Báez P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Howell P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
e-Turner PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .290 | .367 | .487 |
Thomas P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 |
Johnson P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 41 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 162 | |||
| a-singled to right for J Ruggiano in the 6th b-flied out to center for S Van Slyke in the 6th c-struck out looking for A Guerrero in the 7th d-singled to right for C Heisey in the 7th e-lined out to second for J Howell in the 7th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Rollins (24, Rusin); Wood (2, Rusin); Utley (21, Gurka); Crawford (9, Gurka) RBI: Van Slyke (30), Ellis (18), Guerrero (36), Crawford (16) 2-out RBI: Crawford Dodgers RISP: 4-20 (Heisey 0-1, Ellis 0-2, Guerrero 0-1, Wood 0-1, Rollins 0-2, Utley 0-1, Ruggiano 0-1, Seager 0-1, Kendrick 2-4, Van Slyke 1-2, Crawford 1-1, Turner 0-1, Pederson 0-2) Team LOB: 12 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Guerrero (1, 2nd base off Rusin/Murphy) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (Kendrick-Rollins-Van Slyke). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Coors Field, Denver, CO |
| Attendance | 32,870 (65.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:21 |
| Weather | 87 degrees, sunny |
| Wind | 3 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Stu Scheurwater, First Base - Joe West, Second Base - Kerwin Danley, Third Base - D.J. Reyburn |
