DENVER -- Brandon Barnes finished off a difficult at-bat with his first run-scoring hit of the season.
Barnes hit a tie-breaking two-run triple in the eighth inning, lifting the Colorado Rockies past the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-5 on Friday night.
"It was great to drive those runs in," Barnes said. "I was just trying to put a good swing on the ball. I battled. I was down 1-2, fought off a pitch and just got a pitch where I was looking. I didn't try to do to much with it."
Nolan Arenado and Ryan Raburn homered for the Rockies, who have won their last four games against the Dodgers.
Adrian Gonzalez homered and singled to drive in three runs and Corey Seager hit a two-run homer as part of a three-run first inning for the Dodgers.
Trailing 5-4, the Rockies evened the score on D.J. LeMahieu's sacrifice fly in the seventh. Arenado drew a one-out walk in the eighth off Chris Hatcher (2-2) and Mark Reynolds singled up the middle. One out later, Barnes, who entered as a pinch runner in the seventh for Raburn and scored the tying run, tripled off the wall in right-centerfield to drive in his first runs of the season.
"I thought he was fine," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said of Hatcher. "He made a good walk to Arenado and then there was a broken-bat single. I liked the matchup against Barnes. He got ahead of him 1-2 and didn't execute a pitch."
Chad Qualls (1-0) pitched a scoreless eighth and Jake McGee got three outs for his fourth save in as many opportunities.
The Dodgers jumped on Jon Gray, who was making his 2016 debut after beginning the season on the 15-day disabled list because of an abdominal strain.
Chase Utley led off the first inning with a triple and Seager sent an 0-1 pitch into the stand of evergreens beyond the wall in center field.
One out later, Gonzalez connected for his third homer of the season, sending a 2-2 offering into the second deck above right field.
Gray recovered to strike out a career-best 10 but couldn't protect a one-run lead, giving up a two-out, two-run single in the fifth to Gonzalez that put the Dodgers back on top 5-4.
Still, Rockies manager Walt Weiss said he liked the way Gray fought back from the rough start.
"You've got to be a tough guy to pitch here (at Coors Field) and I thought Jonny showed that tonight," Weiss said.
Gray said the choice for him was simple.
"Stay out there and get rocked or buckle down and keep the team in the game. I did my best to keep them in the game," Gray said.
The Rockies got a run in the second on Tony Wolters' bases-loaded forceout and went in front with a three-run fourth behind Arenado's home run to start the inning and Raburn's two-run shot, both off Scott Kazmir, who allowed four runs in five innings.
"I can't make any excuses," said Kazmir, who was denied in a bid for his 100th career victory. "I didn't make pitches when I needed to, especially on those two home runs."
FENCED IN
Rockies rookie Trevor Story missed a chance for his ninth home run of the season when his drive in the fifth inning bounced near the top of the newly heightened fence in right center. On top of that, he was thrown out at third on an exceptional one-hop throw from right fielder Yasiel Puig, who corralled the ball barehanded near the warning track and came up firing. Weiss later described Puig's assist as a "Superman throw," adding "I didn't think he had a chance" to throw out Story.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Dodgers: OF Carl Crawford, who is among 12 Dodgers on the DL, has made his first rehab appearance with Triple-A Oklahoma City. He's expected to make a couple more appearances with Oklahoma City over the weekend before rejoining the Dodgers on Monday. "That is the plan," Roberts said. ... Reliever Yimi Garcia was to be evaluated for a sore right biceps after having to leave his outing with a 2-1 count on Story with two outs in the seventh inning. Adam Liberatore came on to strike out Story.
Rockies: C Nick Hundley is expected to be re-examined by team doctors in the next day or two and barring any complications could return from the seven-day concussion DL. Weiss said Hundley is "close" to being reinstated.
UP NEXT
Dodgers: RHP Kenta Maeda (2-0) has allowed one run over his first three major league starts. He's facing the Rockies for the first time.
Rockies: RHP Tyler Chatwood is set for his fourth start of the season but first against the Dodgers since July 13, 2013. He missed the bulk of last season after undergoing his second Tommy John surgery in July 2014.
Barnes hit a tie-breaking two-run triple in the eighth inning, lifting the Colorado Rockies past the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-5 on Friday night.
"It was great to drive those runs in," Barnes said. "I was just trying to put a good swing on the ball. I battled. I was down 1-2, fought off a pitch and just got a pitch where I was looking. I didn't try to do to much with it."
Nolan Arenado and Ryan Raburn homered for the Rockies, who have won their last four games against the Dodgers.
Adrian Gonzalez homered and singled to drive in three runs and Corey Seager hit a two-run homer as part of a three-run first inning for the Dodgers.
Trailing 5-4, the Rockies evened the score on D.J. LeMahieu's sacrifice fly in the seventh. Arenado drew a one-out walk in the eighth off Chris Hatcher (2-2) and Mark Reynolds singled up the middle. One out later, Barnes, who entered as a pinch runner in the seventh for Raburn and scored the tying run, tripled off the wall in right-centerfield to drive in his first runs of the season.
"I thought he was fine," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said of Hatcher. "He made a good walk to Arenado and then there was a broken-bat single. I liked the matchup against Barnes. He got ahead of him 1-2 and didn't execute a pitch."
Chad Qualls (1-0) pitched a scoreless eighth and Jake McGee got three outs for his fourth save in as many opportunities.
The Dodgers jumped on Jon Gray, who was making his 2016 debut after beginning the season on the 15-day disabled list because of an abdominal strain.
Chase Utley led off the first inning with a triple and Seager sent an 0-1 pitch into the stand of evergreens beyond the wall in center field.
One out later, Gonzalez connected for his third homer of the season, sending a 2-2 offering into the second deck above right field.
Gray recovered to strike out a career-best 10 but couldn't protect a one-run lead, giving up a two-out, two-run single in the fifth to Gonzalez that put the Dodgers back on top 5-4.
Still, Rockies manager Walt Weiss said he liked the way Gray fought back from the rough start.
"You've got to be a tough guy to pitch here (at Coors Field) and I thought Jonny showed that tonight," Weiss said.
Gray said the choice for him was simple.
"Stay out there and get rocked or buckle down and keep the team in the game. I did my best to keep them in the game," Gray said.
The Rockies got a run in the second on Tony Wolters' bases-loaded forceout and went in front with a three-run fourth behind Arenado's home run to start the inning and Raburn's two-run shot, both off Scott Kazmir, who allowed four runs in five innings.
"I can't make any excuses," said Kazmir, who was denied in a bid for his 100th career victory. "I didn't make pitches when I needed to, especially on those two home runs."
FENCED IN
Rockies rookie Trevor Story missed a chance for his ninth home run of the season when his drive in the fifth inning bounced near the top of the newly heightened fence in right center. On top of that, he was thrown out at third on an exceptional one-hop throw from right fielder Yasiel Puig, who corralled the ball barehanded near the warning track and came up firing. Weiss later described Puig's assist as a "Superman throw," adding "I didn't think he had a chance" to throw out Story.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Dodgers: OF Carl Crawford, who is among 12 Dodgers on the DL, has made his first rehab appearance with Triple-A Oklahoma City. He's expected to make a couple more appearances with Oklahoma City over the weekend before rejoining the Dodgers on Monday. "That is the plan," Roberts said. ... Reliever Yimi Garcia was to be evaluated for a sore right biceps after having to leave his outing with a 2-1 count on Story with two outs in the seventh inning. Adam Liberatore came on to strike out Story.
Rockies: C Nick Hundley is expected to be re-examined by team doctors in the next day or two and barring any complications could return from the seven-day concussion DL. Weiss said Hundley is "close" to being reinstated.
UP NEXT
Dodgers: RHP Kenta Maeda (2-0) has allowed one run over his first three major league starts. He's facing the Rockies for the first time.
Rockies: RHP Tyler Chatwood is set for his fourth start of the season but first against the Dodgers since July 13, 2013. He missed the bulk of last season after undergoing his second Tommy John surgery in July 2014.
8:40PM,EDT,April 22,2016
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Utley tripled to deep right center. | 0 | 0 |
| Seager homered to center (433 feet), Utley scored. | 2 | 0 |
| Turner struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Gonzalez homered to right (420 feet). | 3 | 0 |
| Puig struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Grandal grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 0 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Scott Kazmir pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| LeMahieu grounded out to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Story struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| González grounded out to third. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Kendrick grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 0 |
| Pederson flied out to left. | 3 | 0 |
| Kazmir struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Scott Kazmir pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| Arenado singled to center. | 3 | 0 |
| Reynolds singled to right, Arenado to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Parra lined out to left. | 3 | 0 |
| Raburn walked, Reynolds to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Wolters grounded into fielder's choice to first, Arenado scored, Raburn out at second, Reynolds to third. | 3 | 1 |
| Gray grounded into fielder's choice to third, Wolters out at second. | 3 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Utley lined out to center. | 3 | 1 |
| Seager walked. | 3 | 1 |
| Seager out at second attempting to advance on wild pitch. | 3 | 1 |
| Turner struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Scott Kazmir pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| LeMahieu grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 1 |
| Story grounded out to third. | 3 | 1 |
| González bunt grounded out to pitcher. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Gonzalez struck out looking. | 3 | 1 |
| Puig singled to left. | 3 | 1 |
| Puig stole second, Puig safe at third on throwing error by catcher Wolters. | 3 | 1 |
| Grandal struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| Kendrick struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Scott Kazmir pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| Arenado homered to left (435 feet). | 3 | 2 |
| Reynolds struck out swinging. | 3 | 2 |
| Parra singled to left. | 3 | 2 |
| Raburn homered to left center (390 feet), Parra scored. | 3 | 4 |
| Wolters grounded out to third. | 3 | 4 |
| Gray struck out swinging. | 3 | 4 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Pederson walked. | 3 | 4 |
| Kazmir struck out swinging. | 3 | 4 |
| Utley struck out swinging. | 3 | 4 |
| Seager singled to center, Pederson to second. | 3 | 4 |
| Turner singled to center, Pederson to third, Seager to second. | 3 | 4 |
| Gonzalez singled to left center, Pederson and Seager scored, Turner to third. | 5 | 4 |
| Puig struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Scott Kazmir pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| LeMahieu popped out to first. | 5 | 4 |
| Story doubled to deep right, Story out stretching at third. | 5 | 4 |
| González grounded out to third. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Gonzalez Germen pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Germen relieved Gray. | 5 | 4 |
| Grandal grounded out to first. | 5 | 4 |
| Kendrick struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| Pederson flied out to right. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Pedro Baez pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| Báez relieved Kazmir. | 5 | 4 |
| Arenado grounded out to third. | 5 | 4 |
| Reynolds grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 4 |
| Parra grounded out to pitcher. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Gonzalez Germen pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Thompson hit for Báez. | 5 | 4 |
| Thompson struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| Utley grounded out to pitcher. | 5 | 4 |
| Seager walked. | 5 | 4 |
| Turner walked, Seager to second. | 5 | 4 |
| Logan relieved Germen. | 5 | 4 |
| Gonzalez grounded out to third. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Yimi Garcia pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| García relieved Báez. | 5 | 4 |
| Thompson in left field. | 5 | 4 |
| Raburn singled to center. | 5 | 4 |
| Barnes ran for Raburn. | 5 | 4 |
| Wolters walked, Barnes to second. | 5 | 4 |
| Adames hit for Logan. | 5 | 4 |
| Adames sacrificed to third, Barnes to third, Wolters to second. | 5 | 4 |
| LeMahieu hit sacrifice fly to right, Barnes scored, Wolters to third. | 5 | 5 |
| Liberatore relieved García. | 5 | 5 |
| Story struck out swinging. | 5 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Chad Qualls pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Parra in left field. | 5 | 5 |
| Barnes in center field. | 5 | 5 |
| Qualls relieved Logan. | 5 | 5 |
| Puig grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 5 |
| Grandal singled to left center. | 5 | 5 |
| Hernández hit for Liberatore. | 5 | 5 |
| Hernández struck out swinging. | 5 | 5 |
| Pederson grounded out to first. | 5 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Chris Hatcher pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| Hatcher relieved Liberatore. | 5 | 5 |
| González popped out to third. | 5 | 5 |
| Arenado walked. | 5 | 5 |
| Reynolds singled to center, Arenado to second. | 5 | 5 |
| Parra grounded out to first, Arenado to third, Reynolds to second. | 5 | 5 |
| Barnes tripled to deep right, Arenado and Reynolds scored. | 5 | 7 |
| Avilán relieved Hatcher. | 5 | 7 |
| Wolters struck out looking. | 5 | 7 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Jake McGee pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| McGee relieved Qualls. | 5 | 7 |
| Thompson struck out swinging. | 5 | 7 |
| Utley flied out to left. | 5 | 7 |
| Seager grounded out to first. | 5 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles Dodgers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Utley 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .293 | .359 | .431 |
| Seager SS | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | .246 | .296 | .400 |
| Turner 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 | .246 | .323 | .351 |
| Gonzalez 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .364 | .419 | .561 |
| Puig RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .310 | .385 | .448 |
| Grandal C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .400 | .556 | .600 |
| Kendrick LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .161 | .188 | .161 |
García P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
b-Hernández PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .351 | .415 | .595 |
Hatcher P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Avilán P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Pederson CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .260 | .327 | .440 |
| Kazmir P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Báez P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Thompson PH-LF
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .250 | .314 | .313 |
| Totals | 34 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 145 | |||
| a-struck out swinging for P Baez in the 7th b-struck out swinging for A Liberatore in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 3B: Utley (2, Gray) HR: Seager (2, 1st inning off Gray 1 on, 0 Out); Gonzalez (3, 1st inning off Gray 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: Seager 2 (9), Gonzalez 3 (13) 2-out RBI: Gonzalez 2 Dodgers RISP: 3-7 (Turner 1-1, Grandal 0-1, Kendrick 0-1, Gonzalez 1-2, Seager 1-1, Puig 0-1) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Puig (3, 2nd base off Gray/Wolters) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING Outfield Assist: Puig (Story at 3rd base). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Coors Field, Denver, CO |
| Attendance | 37,153 (73.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:27 |
| Weather | 73 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 3 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Paul Emmel, First Base - Scott Barry, Second Base - Tripp Gibson, Third Base - Hunter Wendelstedt |
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