DENVER -- Carlos Gonzalez was confident he wouldn't miss any extended time after suffering a sprained left ankle Wednesday night.
Sure, it's painful, he says. It's nothing compared to the ache his team would feel without him, though.
Gonzalez homered twice before leaving the game with what looked like a bad sprain in the Rockies' 12-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Gonzalez had his 19th multi-homer game of his career with Nos. 22 and 23 this season. He was then forced to exit the game in the bottom of the seventh after rolling his ankle in the batter's box.
Gonzalez's prognosis: "I won't be out."
"I hope that tomorrow I will feel a little bit better," he added. "If I feel a little bit better, it'll be good enough to play. Just tape it and go out there and have fun with my team."
Nolan Arenado, Mark Reynolds and DJ LeMahieu also went deep in Colorado's 11th win in 13 games that moved it above the .500 mark for the first time since May 18.
The Rockies' latest streak has them within three games of the second NL wild card, with three teams between them and St. Louis. Gonzalez missing any substantial amount of time would hamper any postseason hopes -- especially since rookie shortstop Trevor Story (thumb) was already lost for the remainder of the season.
"It's been fun," Gonzalez said. "It's fun when you get wins. We are playing good baseball right now."
Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw was moved to the 60-day disabled list earlier in the day, and right-hander Louis Coleman (shoulder fatigue) and left-hander Adam Liberatore were also placed on the DL -- giving Los Angeles an NL-record 25 players put there this season.
Arenado made things worse for the Dodgers from there, hitting a three-run home run to spark a five-run first inning off starter Brock Stewart (0-2). Reynolds added a two-run blast put the Rockies ahead 5-2.
Later, LeMahieu and Gonzalez homered as part of a four-run fifth. Gonzales went deep again in the sixth.
"I am frustrated," Stewart said. "The bullpen session before the game was great. Everything was working and then everything stayed flat during the game.
"It was a rough night, that's for sure."
Tyler Anderson (4-3), meanwhile, allowed two runs in seven innings for Colorado. He struck out six and walked two. His lone blemish came in the first inning when Justin Turner hit a two-run home run.
"Anderson has been outstanding," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "He's a pretty amazing story when you think about it. Not pitching at all a year ago. He showed up at the big league level hitting the ground level. He's given us a quality start every time out."
SCOREBOARD WATCHING
"(This is) when the fun starts," Weiss said of the wild-card race. "This is time of year where you get to watch the scoreboard and you're paying attention to the other games. There's that focus and emphasis on your game every night, to win every night. That's fun.
"It's a lot easier showing up to the ballpark under those circumstances."
TRAINERS ROOM
Dodgers: Kershaw (back) won't be eligible to return until Aug. 27 at the earliest. ... LHP Rich Hill (hand) threw around 50 pitches in a bullpen session Wednesday. "He looked real good and executed all his pitches," Roberts said. ... RHP Bud Norris threw a bullpen session and could make his next start this weekend.
Rockies: SS Story (thumb) will undergo surgery Thursday in Denver. Story suffered a torn ulnar collateral ligament in Saturday's win over the Mets.
UP NEXT
Dodgers: RHP Kenta Maeda (9-7, 3.23 ERA) has had some early success against the Rockies this season. In two starts against Colorado, the Japanese pitcher has allowed just one run and struck out 17 in 13 innings.
Rockies: RHP Tyler Chatwood (10-6, 3.50 ERA) has allowed just one run and four hits in his previous two starts. Less impressive is the fact that he also gave up 12 walks in 12 innings during those starts.
Los Angeles Dodgers
Sure, it's painful, he says. It's nothing compared to the ache his team would feel without him, though.
Gonzalez homered twice before leaving the game with what looked like a bad sprain in the Rockies' 12-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Gonzalez had his 19th multi-homer game of his career with Nos. 22 and 23 this season. He was then forced to exit the game in the bottom of the seventh after rolling his ankle in the batter's box.
Gonzalez's prognosis: "I won't be out."
"I hope that tomorrow I will feel a little bit better," he added. "If I feel a little bit better, it'll be good enough to play. Just tape it and go out there and have fun with my team."
Nolan Arenado, Mark Reynolds and DJ LeMahieu also went deep in Colorado's 11th win in 13 games that moved it above the .500 mark for the first time since May 18.
The Rockies' latest streak has them within three games of the second NL wild card, with three teams between them and St. Louis. Gonzalez missing any substantial amount of time would hamper any postseason hopes -- especially since rookie shortstop Trevor Story (thumb) was already lost for the remainder of the season.
"It's been fun," Gonzalez said. "It's fun when you get wins. We are playing good baseball right now."
Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw was moved to the 60-day disabled list earlier in the day, and right-hander Louis Coleman (shoulder fatigue) and left-hander Adam Liberatore were also placed on the DL -- giving Los Angeles an NL-record 25 players put there this season.
Arenado made things worse for the Dodgers from there, hitting a three-run home run to spark a five-run first inning off starter Brock Stewart (0-2). Reynolds added a two-run blast put the Rockies ahead 5-2.
Later, LeMahieu and Gonzalez homered as part of a four-run fifth. Gonzales went deep again in the sixth.
"I am frustrated," Stewart said. "The bullpen session before the game was great. Everything was working and then everything stayed flat during the game.
"It was a rough night, that's for sure."
Tyler Anderson (4-3), meanwhile, allowed two runs in seven innings for Colorado. He struck out six and walked two. His lone blemish came in the first inning when Justin Turner hit a two-run home run.
"Anderson has been outstanding," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "He's a pretty amazing story when you think about it. Not pitching at all a year ago. He showed up at the big league level hitting the ground level. He's given us a quality start every time out."
SCOREBOARD WATCHING
"(This is) when the fun starts," Weiss said of the wild-card race. "This is time of year where you get to watch the scoreboard and you're paying attention to the other games. There's that focus and emphasis on your game every night, to win every night. That's fun.
"It's a lot easier showing up to the ballpark under those circumstances."
TRAINERS ROOM
Dodgers: Kershaw (back) won't be eligible to return until Aug. 27 at the earliest. ... LHP Rich Hill (hand) threw around 50 pitches in a bullpen session Wednesday. "He looked real good and executed all his pitches," Roberts said. ... RHP Bud Norris threw a bullpen session and could make his next start this weekend.
Rockies: SS Story (thumb) will undergo surgery Thursday in Denver. Story suffered a torn ulnar collateral ligament in Saturday's win over the Mets.
UP NEXT
Dodgers: RHP Kenta Maeda (9-7, 3.23 ERA) has had some early success against the Rockies this season. In two starts against Colorado, the Japanese pitcher has allowed just one run and struck out 17 in 13 innings.
Rockies: RHP Tyler Chatwood (10-6, 3.50 ERA) has allowed just one run and four hits in his previous two starts. Less impressive is the fact that he also gave up 12 walks in 12 innings during those starts.
8:40PM,EDT,August 3,2016
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tyler Anderson pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Kendrick lined out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Seager singled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Turner homered to right (373 feet), Seager scored. | 2 | 0 |
| Van Slyke grounded out to first. | 2 | 0 |
| González grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Brock Stewart pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| Blackmon singled to left. | 2 | 0 |
| LeMahieu singled to right, Blackmon to second. | 2 | 0 |
| González grounded into fielder's choice to second, LeMahieu out at second, Blackmon to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Arenado homered to left center (436 feet), Blackmon and González scored. | 2 | 3 |
| Dahl singled to right center. | 2 | 3 |
| Reynolds homered to center (421 feet), Dahl scored. | 2 | 5 |
| Descalso struck out swinging. | 2 | 5 |
| Hundley popped out to shortstop. | 2 | 5 |
| 5 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Tyler Anderson pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Hernández grounded out to pitcher. | 2 | 5 |
| Pederson walked. | 2 | 5 |
| Ellis singled to center, Pederson to third. | 2 | 5 |
| Stewart bunted into fielder's choice to pitcher, Pederson out at home, Ellis to second. | 2 | 5 |
| Kendrick grounded out to second. | 2 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Brock Stewart pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| Anderson flied out to center. | 2 | 5 |
| Blackmon lined out to center. | 2 | 5 |
| LeMahieu grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Tyler Anderson pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Seager struck out looking. | 2 | 5 |
| Turner flied out to center. | 2 | 5 |
| Van Slyke struck out swinging. | 2 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Brock Stewart pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| González grounded out to second. | 2 | 5 |
| Arenado grounded out to second. | 2 | 5 |
| Dahl fouled out to third. | 2 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Anderson pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| González singled to left center. | 2 | 5 |
| Hernández flied out to center. | 2 | 5 |
| Pederson popped out to second. | 2 | 5 |
| Ellis struck out swinging. | 2 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Brock Stewart pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| Reynolds singled to center. | 2 | 5 |
| Descalso grounded into fielder's choice to first, Reynolds out at second. | 2 | 5 |
| Hundley grounded out to third, Descalso to second. | 2 | 5 |
| Anderson grounded out to pitcher. | 2 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Anderson pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Stewart struck out swinging. | 2 | 5 |
| Kendrick struck out looking. | 2 | 5 |
| Seager lined out to center. | 2 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Brock Stewart pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| Blackmon singled to center. | 2 | 5 |
| Blackmon stole second. | 2 | 5 |
| LeMahieu homered to right center (423 feet), Blackmon scored. | 2 | 7 |
| González homered to right center (418 feet). | 2 | 8 |
| Arenado walked. | 2 | 8 |
| Dahl singled to right, Arenado to third. | 2 | 8 |
| Fields relieved Stewart. | 2 | 8 |
| Reynolds singled to left, Arenado scored, Dahl to second. | 2 | 9 |
| Descalso lined out to center, Dahl to third. | 2 | 9 |
| Hundley struck out looking. | 2 | 9 |
| Anderson walked, Reynolds to second. | 2 | 9 |
| Blackmon lined out to right. | 2 | 9 |
| 4 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Anderson pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Turner singled to center. | 2 | 9 |
| Van Slyke lined out to center. | 2 | 9 |
| González grounded into double play, second to third to first, Turner out at second. | 2 | 9 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Julio Urias pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| Urías relieved Fields. | 2 | 9 |
| LeMahieu walked. | 2 | 9 |
| González homered to right (428 feet), LeMahieu scored. | 2 | 11 |
| Arenado reached on infield single to shortstop. | 2 | 11 |
| Dahl singled to center, Arenado to third. | 2 | 11 |
| Reynolds grounded into double play, third to second to first, Arenado scored, Dahl out at second. | 2 | 12 |
| Descalso reached on infield single to first. | 2 | 12 |
| Descalso to second on wild pitch by Urías. | 2 | 12 |
| Hundley struck out swinging. | 2 | 12 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Anderson pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Hernández walked. | 2 | 12 |
| Pederson grounded into double play, first to shortstop to pitcher, Hernández out at second. | 2 | 12 |
| Ellis singled to center. | 2 | 12 |
| Urías struck out swinging. | 2 | 12 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Julio Urias pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| Ynoa hit for Anderson. | 2 | 12 |
| Ynoa fouled out to first. | 2 | 12 |
| Blackmon grounded out to second. | 2 | 12 |
| LeMahieu singled to center. | 2 | 12 |
| González grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, LeMahieu out at second. | 2 | 12 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Jordan Lyles pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Lyles relieved Anderson. | 2 | 12 |
| Dahl in right field. | 2 | 12 |
| Ynoa in left field. | 2 | 12 |
| Kendrick grounded out to pitcher. | 2 | 12 |
| Seager lined out to right. | 2 | 12 |
| Taylor hit for Turner. | 2 | 12 |
| Taylor lined out to left. | 2 | 12 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Julio Urias pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | COL |
| Taylor at third base. | 2 | 12 |
| Adames hit for Arenado. | 2 | 12 |
| Adames singled to right. | 2 | 12 |
| Dahl struck out swinging. | 2 | 12 |
| Reynolds struck out swinging. | 2 | 12 |
| Descalso grounded out to second. | 2 | 12 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Gonzalez Germen pitching for Colorado | LAD | COL |
| Germen relieved Lyles. | 2 | 12 |
| Adames at third base. | 2 | 12 |
| Van Slyke grounded out to second. | 2 | 12 |
| González walked. | 2 | 12 |
| Hernández grounded into double play, third to second to first, González out at second. | 2 | 12 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
Los Angeles Dodgers
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kendrick 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .266 | .329 | .381 |
| Seager SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .308 | .363 | .525 |
| Turner 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .276 | .348 | .497 |
a-Taylor PH-3B
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .217 | .280 | .413 |
| Van Slyke RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .229 | .292 | .323 |
| González 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | .282 | .360 | .402 |
| Hernández LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .185 | .281 | .341 |
| Pederson CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .236 | .327 | .476 |
| Ellis C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .205 | .297 | .268 |
| Stewart P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Fields P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Urías P
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .083 | .083 | .083 |
| Totals | 30 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 109 | |||
| a-lined out to left for J Turner in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING HR: Turner (19, 1st inning off Anderson 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: Turner 2 (64) GIDP: González, Pederson, Hernández Dodgers RISP: 0-2 (Kendrick 0-1, Stewart 0-1) Team LOB: 4 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (Turner-Kendrick-González). | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| RF GONZÁLEZ (ANKLE) LEFT GAME TOP 8TH |
Game Information
| Stadium | Coors Field, Denver, CO |
| Attendance | 28,682 (56.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:31 |
| Weather | 92 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 5 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Jordan Baker, First Base - Tim Timmons, Second Base - Pat Hoberg, Third Base - Mike Everitt |
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