DENVER -- Colorado's Antonio Senzatela emphatically pointed to the sky as he closed out the fifth inning on Sunday.
It had been an emotional Mother's Day for the 22-year-old rookie.
Pat Valaika homered twice and drove in four runs, Senzatela got the win and the Rockies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-6.
Senzatela (6-1) was pitching on Mother's Day for the first time since his mom died of breast cancer last July. Like many around the league, Senzatela used a pink bat to raise awareness about the disease. He also wrote his mother's name, "Nidya," on his pink and white cleats.
"I feel good," Senzatela said. "Too many emotions in my heart now."
The rookie right-hander is tied for the majors' lead in wins. He allowed four runs in five innings, his shortest outing since his first career start at Milwaukee on April 6.
Nolan Arenado also went deep as the Rockies hit their first homers of the series to salvage a four-game split. Their lead in the NL West is back up to 1 1/2 games.
Los Angeles led 4-3 before Valaika hit a two-run homer in the fourth off starter Julio Urias (0-1). Arenado, who also had an RBI double, added to Colorado's lead in the fifth with a two-run shot off veteran reliever Sergio Romo.
Justin Turner and Cody Bellinger each drove in a run in the eighth to cut the lead to 7-6 before Valaika hit another two-run blast.
The 24-year-old Valaika has seen an increase in playing time since Trevor Story went on the disabled list with a shoulder injury earlier in the week.
Greg Holland struck out the side in the ninth for his majors' best 16th save. Holland has converted his first 16 save opportunities for the Rockies, a franchise-best mark to start a season.
Senzatela dealt with traffic on base in every inning except the fourth, but got help from his defense to limit the damage. He gave up seven hits, three walks and two homers while striking out five.
The 22-year-old got out of the first with runners on the corners thanks to a fielder's choice double play, and he was bailed out of the third by second baseman DJ LeMahieu, who laid out on a sharp grounder and threw out Chase Utley at first to save a run.
With two outs in the fifth, Senzatela was struck in the back of the leg by a liner from Yasmani Grandal. He stayed in the game and forced a flyout to end the inning.
"Without having his best control and command, he was able to navigate through a really good lineup," Colorado manager Bud Black said.
Corey Seager and Yasiel Puig homered for the Dodgers, who couldn't protect two early leads. Seager hit a two-run blast in the first and Puig hit a laser to left in the second.
"Today's one of those days we had a lot of situational opportunities and didn't capitalize," Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts said. "Obviously a good club like that, you keep them in a ball game, they're going to crawl back."
ROUGH OUTING
Urias allowed six runs and seven hits in four innings for the Dodgers. The left-handed pitcher had allowed one hit in 6 1/3 innings in his last start against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday.
He had a 1.06 ERA in his first three starts of the year.
"I felt good," he said. "Unfortunately it was just a bad outing."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Dodgers: 2B Logan Forsythe, sidelined since April 19 with a fractured right toe, is expected to start in a rehabilitation game as a designated hitter on Tuesday. ... LHP Rich Hill, who's been limited to just eight innings this season because of blisters on his throwing hand, will start Tuesday against the San Francisco Giants.
Rockies: C Tony Wolters, who was put on the 7-day DL with a concussion on May 3, was behind the plate for Triple-A Albuquerque on Sunday. "I talked to (Isotopes manager) Glenallen Hill this morning about a number of things and he said Tony looked good the last couple days, both behind the plate and at the plate," Black said. "So Tony's in a good spot."
UP NEXT
Dodgers: RHP Brandon McCarthy (3-0, 3.10 ERA) will make his first start since he was placed on the 10-day DL, retroactive to May 5, with an injury to his non-throwing shoulder. San Francisco's Matt Cain will oppose him as the Dodgers begin a three-game set at AT&T Park on Monday.
Rockies: Rookie LHP Kyle Freeland (3-2, 2.93) will pitch at an American League ballpark for the first time in his career as the Rockies open up a three-game set against the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday. In his last start, the Denver native tossed six innings and gave up five runs -- all in the second inning -- in an 8-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday.
Los Angeles Dodgers
It had been an emotional Mother's Day for the 22-year-old rookie.
Pat Valaika homered twice and drove in four runs, Senzatela got the win and the Rockies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-6.
Senzatela (6-1) was pitching on Mother's Day for the first time since his mom died of breast cancer last July. Like many around the league, Senzatela used a pink bat to raise awareness about the disease. He also wrote his mother's name, "Nidya," on his pink and white cleats.
"I feel good," Senzatela said. "Too many emotions in my heart now."
The rookie right-hander is tied for the majors' lead in wins. He allowed four runs in five innings, his shortest outing since his first career start at Milwaukee on April 6.
Nolan Arenado also went deep as the Rockies hit their first homers of the series to salvage a four-game split. Their lead in the NL West is back up to 1 1/2 games.
Los Angeles led 4-3 before Valaika hit a two-run homer in the fourth off starter Julio Urias (0-1). Arenado, who also had an RBI double, added to Colorado's lead in the fifth with a two-run shot off veteran reliever Sergio Romo.
Justin Turner and Cody Bellinger each drove in a run in the eighth to cut the lead to 7-6 before Valaika hit another two-run blast.
The 24-year-old Valaika has seen an increase in playing time since Trevor Story went on the disabled list with a shoulder injury earlier in the week.
Greg Holland struck out the side in the ninth for his majors' best 16th save. Holland has converted his first 16 save opportunities for the Rockies, a franchise-best mark to start a season.
Senzatela dealt with traffic on base in every inning except the fourth, but got help from his defense to limit the damage. He gave up seven hits, three walks and two homers while striking out five.
The 22-year-old got out of the first with runners on the corners thanks to a fielder's choice double play, and he was bailed out of the third by second baseman DJ LeMahieu, who laid out on a sharp grounder and threw out Chase Utley at first to save a run.
With two outs in the fifth, Senzatela was struck in the back of the leg by a liner from Yasmani Grandal. He stayed in the game and forced a flyout to end the inning.
"Without having his best control and command, he was able to navigate through a really good lineup," Colorado manager Bud Black said.
Corey Seager and Yasiel Puig homered for the Dodgers, who couldn't protect two early leads. Seager hit a two-run blast in the first and Puig hit a laser to left in the second.
"Today's one of those days we had a lot of situational opportunities and didn't capitalize," Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts said. "Obviously a good club like that, you keep them in a ball game, they're going to crawl back."
ROUGH OUTING
Urias allowed six runs and seven hits in four innings for the Dodgers. The left-handed pitcher had allowed one hit in 6 1/3 innings in his last start against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday.
He had a 1.06 ERA in his first three starts of the year.
"I felt good," he said. "Unfortunately it was just a bad outing."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Dodgers: 2B Logan Forsythe, sidelined since April 19 with a fractured right toe, is expected to start in a rehabilitation game as a designated hitter on Tuesday. ... LHP Rich Hill, who's been limited to just eight innings this season because of blisters on his throwing hand, will start Tuesday against the San Francisco Giants.
Rockies: C Tony Wolters, who was put on the 7-day DL with a concussion on May 3, was behind the plate for Triple-A Albuquerque on Sunday. "I talked to (Isotopes manager) Glenallen Hill this morning about a number of things and he said Tony looked good the last couple days, both behind the plate and at the plate," Black said. "So Tony's in a good spot."
UP NEXT
Dodgers: RHP Brandon McCarthy (3-0, 3.10 ERA) will make his first start since he was placed on the 10-day DL, retroactive to May 5, with an injury to his non-throwing shoulder. San Francisco's Matt Cain will oppose him as the Dodgers begin a three-game set at AT&T Park on Monday.
Rockies: Rookie LHP Kyle Freeland (3-2, 2.93) will pitch at an American League ballpark for the first time in his career as the Rockies open up a three-game set against the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday. In his last start, the Denver native tossed six innings and gave up five runs -- all in the second inning -- in an 8-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday.
3:10PM,EDT,May 14,2017
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Antonio Senzatela pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Pederson walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Seager homered to right center (425 feet), Pederson scored. | 2 | 0 |
| Turner singled to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Bellinger struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Grandal singled to left center, Turner to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Taylor bunted into double play, pitcher to catcher to third to shortstop to third to shortstop, Turner out at home, Grandal out at third, Grandal out at second, Taylor to first. | 2 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Julio Urias pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| Blackmon singled to center. | 2 | 0 |
| LeMahieu reached on bunt single to third, Blackmon to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Arenado doubled to left, Blackmon scored, LeMahieu to third. | 2 | 1 |
| Reynolds singled to center, LeMahieu and Arenado scored. | 2 | 3 |
| Desmond grounded into double play, third to second to first, Reynolds out at second. | 2 | 3 |
| González grounded out to third. | 2 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Antonio Senzatela pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Utley struck out looking. | 2 | 3 |
| Puig homered to left (389 feet). | 3 | 3 |
| Urías struck out looking. | 3 | 3 |
| Pederson grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Julio Urias pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| Valaika flied out to right. | 3 | 3 |
| Garneau flied out to left. | 3 | 3 |
| Senzatela struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Antonio Senzatela pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Turner flied out to left. | 3 | 3 |
| Bellinger doubled to left, Seager to third. | 3 | 3 |
| Grandal singled to center, Seager scored, Bellinger to third. | 4 | 3 |
| Taylor struck out swinging. | 4 | 3 |
| Utley grounded out to second. | 4 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Julio Urias pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| Blackmon singled to center. | 4 | 3 |
| LeMahieu singled to right, Blackmon to second. | 4 | 3 |
| Arenado flied out to right. | 4 | 3 |
| LeMahieu caught stealing second, catcher to third. | 4 | 3 |
| Reynolds grounded out to third. | 4 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Antonio Senzatela pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Puig flied out to right. | 4 | 3 |
| Urías struck out swinging. | 4 | 3 |
| Pederson grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Julio Urias pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| Desmond flied out to right. | 4 | 3 |
| González walked. | 4 | 3 |
| González safe at third on throwing error by pitcher Urías. | 4 | 3 |
| Valaika homered to center (426 feet), González scored. | 4 | 5 |
| Garneau grounded out to third. | 4 | 5 |
| Senzatela grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 5 |
| 2 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Antonio Senzatela pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Seager flied out to center. | 4 | 5 |
| Turner grounded out to third. | 4 | 5 |
| Bellinger walked. | 4 | 5 |
| Grandal reached on infield single to shortstop, Bellinger to second. | 4 | 5 |
| Taylor flied out to right. | 4 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Julio Urias pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| Blackmon hit by pitch. | 4 | 5 |
| Romo relieved Urías. | 4 | 5 |
| LeMahieu lined out to third. | 4 | 5 |
| Arenado homered to left center (451 feet), Blackmon scored. | 4 | 7 |
| Reynolds struck out swinging. | 4 | 7 |
| Desmond struck out swinging. | 4 | 7 |
| 2 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Scott Oberg pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Oberg relieved Senzatela. | 4 | 7 |
| Utley singled to left. | 4 | 7 |
| Puig flied out to center. | 4 | 7 |
| Van Slyke hit for Romo. | 4 | 7 |
| Van Slyke walked, Utley to second. | 4 | 7 |
| Rusin relieved Oberg. | 4 | 7 |
| Pederson grounded out to first, Utley to third, Van Slyke to second. | 4 | 7 |
| Seager grounded out to second. | 4 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Luis Avilan pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| Avilán relieved Romo. | 4 | 7 |
| González grounded out to second. | 4 | 7 |
| Stripling relieved Avilán. | 4 | 7 |
| Valaika popped out to first. | 4 | 7 |
| Garneau walked. | 4 | 7 |
| Parra hit for Rusin. | 4 | 7 |
| Parra struck out swinging. | 4 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Mike Dunn pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Dunn relieved Rusin. | 4 | 7 |
| Turner fouled out to first. | 4 | 7 |
| Bellinger struck out swinging. | 4 | 7 |
| Grandal walked. | 4 | 7 |
| Ottavino relieved Dunn. | 4 | 7 |
| Taylor reached on infield single to second, Grandal to second. | 4 | 7 |
| Utley flied out to center. | 4 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Ross Stripling pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| Blackmon singled to left. | 4 | 7 |
| LeMahieu singled to center, Blackmon to second. | 4 | 7 |
| Arenado struck out swinging. | 4 | 7 |
| Reynolds grounded into double play, second to first, LeMahieu out at second. | 4 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Adam Ottavino pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Puig singled to left center. | 4 | 7 |
| Hernández hit for Stripling. | 4 | 7 |
| Puig to second on passed ball by Garneau. | 4 | 7 |
| Hernández walked. | 4 | 7 |
| McGee relieved Ottavino. | 4 | 7 |
| Gutierrez hit for Pederson. | 4 | 7 |
| Gutierrez flied out to right. | 4 | 7 |
| Seager struck out looking. | 4 | 7 |
| Turner singled to shallow center, Puig scored, Hernández to third. | 5 | 7 |
| Bellinger singled to left, Hernández scored, Turner to third. | 6 | 7 |
| Grandal grounded out to second. | 6 | 7 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Chris Hatcher pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| Hatcher relieved Stripling. | 6 | 7 |
| Hernández in center field. | 6 | 7 |
| Desmond singled to right. | 6 | 7 |
| Desmond picked off first. | 6 | 7 |
| González singled to right. | 6 | 7 |
| Valaika homered to left (395 feet), González scored. | 6 | 9 |
| Garneau struck out looking. | 6 | 9 |
| Tapia hit for McGee. | 6 | 9 |
| Tapia grounded out to second. | 6 | 9 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Greg Holland pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Holland relieved McGee. | 6 | 9 |
| Taylor struck out swinging. | 6 | 9 |
| Utley struck out swinging. | 6 | 9 |
| Puig struck out swinging. | 6 | 9 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
Los Angeles Dodgers
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pederson CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .225 | .330 | .325 |
b-Gutierrez PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .292 | .370 | .542 |
Hatcher P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Seager SS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 25 | .283 | .375 | .486 |
| Turner 3B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .359 | .433 | .473 |
| Bellinger LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | .319 | .397 | .696 |
| Grandal C | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | .292 | .367 | .481 |
| Taylor 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .297 | .408 | .484 |
| Utley 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .194 | .280 | .299 |
| Puig RF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .250 | .316 | .434 |
| Urías P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .167 | .167 | .167 |
Romo P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Van Slyke PH
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .139 | .262 | .333 |
Avilán P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
c-Hernández PH-CF
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .238 | .319 | .524 |
| Totals | 38 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 174 | |||
| a-walked for S Romo in the 6th b-flied out to right for J Pederson in the 8th c-walked for R Stripling in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Bellinger (3, Senzatela) HR: Seager (6, 1st inning off Senzatela 1 on, 0 Out); Puig (7, 2nd inning off Senzatela 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: Seager 2 (21), Puig (20), Grandal (17), Turner (17), Bellinger (19) 2-out RBI: Turner, Bellinger GIDP: Taylor Dodgers RISP: 3-13 (Turner 1-1, Grandal 1-2, Gutierrez 0-1, Pederson 0-1, Seager 0-2, Bellinger 1-1, Taylor 0-3, Utley 0-2) Team LOB: 11 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Urías (3, throw) DP: 2 (Turner-Taylor-Utley, Taylor-Utley). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Coors Field, Denver, CO |
| Attendance | 41,051 (81.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:38 |
| Weather | 70 degrees, sunny |
| Wind | 5 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Kerwin Danley, First Base - Todd Tichenor, Second Base - Adam Hamari, Third Base - Bill Miller |
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