LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers insist they're in this season for the long haul, unwilling to change what got them to 92 victories.
At the same time, manager Dave Roberts is searching for something, anything, to get his team out of its funk.
"I'm open for suggestions," he said after the NL West leaders lost their 10th straight game for their worst skid in 25 years, routed by Mark Reynolds and the Colorado Rockies 8-1 Sunday. "We have a very frustrated and upset clubhouse."
Reynolds hit a grand slam, Nolan Arenado and Trevor Story homered, and Tyler Chatwood pitched five scoreless innings. The Rockies remained three games ahead of St. Louis and Milwaukee for the second NL wild-card spot.
Los Angeles still owns the best record in the majors at 92-51, but even that's becoming tenuous. Washington beat the Phillies on Sunday to cut L.A.'s lead to four games.
"We just got to keep grinding," said center fielder Chris Taylor, who went 0-for-5. "The depth is still there. It just seems a lot of guys have slumped at the same time."
Corey Seager and Justin Turner -- two of the team's best hitters -- combined for two hits and three strikeouts in eight at-bats. NL Rookie of the Year candidate Cody Bellinger went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts.
The Dodgers have dropped nine in a row at Chavez Ravine for the first time in 30 years. Overall, Los Angeles has lost 15 of 16, including the team's longest drought since losing 10 straight in 1992.
"The Dodgers have too much talent not to come of it, and they will," Rockies manager Bud Black said. "They play hard, and they'll get their consistency back."
Rich Hill (9-8) gave up two runs and four hits in five innings. Chatwood (7-12) allowed five hits and struck out five.
The Rockies won their sixth straight on the road for the first time since April 2015. They earned their first four-game sweep of the Dodgers since 2010 and their first in L.A. since 2007.
"It was a huge series for us," Reynolds said. "This is a great atmosphere to play in, and it's even better to silence the crowd. It seemed like the Dodgers couldn't lose, and now they can't win, but that's what this game does to you. It's hard."
The Dodgers are just the fourth team in major league history to win 14 of 15 games and lose 14 of 15 in the same season, joining the 1914 Pirates, 1955 Phillies and 1959 Kansas City Athletics, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Los Angeles has 15 losses in the past 17 days. Before this drop-off, the Dodgers' previous 14 losses came over a span of 85 days, in which the team went 58-14 in that stretch.
"As they say, success isn't in a straight line, right?" Hill said. "It's an extremely difficult time right now."
The Dodgers last won on Sept. 1, when ace Clayton Kershaw pitched them to a 1-0 victory at San Diego. They'll try to shake their stunning malaise when they hit the road Monday for a 10-game trip to San Francisco, first-place Washington and Philadelphia.
"It's past the point of anger and frustration now," shortstop Corey Seager said. "We have to go out and play better."
The Rockies took a 2-0 lead into the eighth and then broke it open with five runs. Reynolds hit his fifth career grand slam over the left-field wall off Walker Buehler, the Dodgers' prized prospect making his second appearance in the big leagues.
Buehler came on in the eighth and promptly gave up a single to DJ LeMahieu and walked Arenado. He struck out Story before walking Carlos Gonzalez to load the bases. Reynolds connected on a 3-2 pitch, sending many in the announced crowd of 50,161 heading to the exits.
Arenado homered leading off the third, and Story hit a two-out, solo shot in the ninth.
Alex Verdugo hit his first major league homer leading off the bottom of the ninth to prevent the Dodgers from getting shut out.
Hill was in trouble immediately, giving up two walks and two hits to his first four batters, including an RBI single by Arenado. Hill escaped the bases-loaded jam by retiring the next three batters, striking out two.
TOMMY TALK
Hall of Famer Tom Lasorda, who managed the Dodgers to their last World Series championship in 1988, visited with Roberts and talked to the team before the game. "He just wanted to put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'I've been there. It's going to be OK,'" Roberts said before the game. "We're getting to some uncharted territory."
ETHIER'S BAT
Veteran Andre Ethier is 4-for-8 with a home run and an RBI in his past five games since he was reinstated from the DL on Sept. 1. He went 2-for-2 Sunday for his first multi-hit game since Sept. 25, 2015, at San Francisco. Ethier has spent the majority of the season sidelined by a bad back.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: Reinstated LHP Tyler Anderson from 60-day DL. ... Recalled RHP Jairo Diaz from Triple-A Albuquerque and placed him on 60-day DL with right elbow inflammation.
UP NEXT
Rockies: LH Kyle Freeland (11-10, 3.99 ERA) starts Monday at Arizona in the opener of a four-game series. His victories and ERA lead major league rookies. However, he's 0-3 with a 5.33 ERA in six starts since Aug. 4. He hasn't won since July 30 at Washington.
Dodgers: RH Kenta Maeda (12-6, 4.02) starts Monday at San Francisco in place of LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu, who is being given extra rest after making 21 starts.
At the same time, manager Dave Roberts is searching for something, anything, to get his team out of its funk.
"I'm open for suggestions," he said after the NL West leaders lost their 10th straight game for their worst skid in 25 years, routed by Mark Reynolds and the Colorado Rockies 8-1 Sunday. "We have a very frustrated and upset clubhouse."
Reynolds hit a grand slam, Nolan Arenado and Trevor Story homered, and Tyler Chatwood pitched five scoreless innings. The Rockies remained three games ahead of St. Louis and Milwaukee for the second NL wild-card spot.
Los Angeles still owns the best record in the majors at 92-51, but even that's becoming tenuous. Washington beat the Phillies on Sunday to cut L.A.'s lead to four games.
"We just got to keep grinding," said center fielder Chris Taylor, who went 0-for-5. "The depth is still there. It just seems a lot of guys have slumped at the same time."
Corey Seager and Justin Turner -- two of the team's best hitters -- combined for two hits and three strikeouts in eight at-bats. NL Rookie of the Year candidate Cody Bellinger went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts.
The Dodgers have dropped nine in a row at Chavez Ravine for the first time in 30 years. Overall, Los Angeles has lost 15 of 16, including the team's longest drought since losing 10 straight in 1992.
"The Dodgers have too much talent not to come of it, and they will," Rockies manager Bud Black said. "They play hard, and they'll get their consistency back."
Rich Hill (9-8) gave up two runs and four hits in five innings. Chatwood (7-12) allowed five hits and struck out five.
The Rockies won their sixth straight on the road for the first time since April 2015. They earned their first four-game sweep of the Dodgers since 2010 and their first in L.A. since 2007.
"It was a huge series for us," Reynolds said. "This is a great atmosphere to play in, and it's even better to silence the crowd. It seemed like the Dodgers couldn't lose, and now they can't win, but that's what this game does to you. It's hard."
The Dodgers are just the fourth team in major league history to win 14 of 15 games and lose 14 of 15 in the same season, joining the 1914 Pirates, 1955 Phillies and 1959 Kansas City Athletics, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Los Angeles has 15 losses in the past 17 days. Before this drop-off, the Dodgers' previous 14 losses came over a span of 85 days, in which the team went 58-14 in that stretch.
"As they say, success isn't in a straight line, right?" Hill said. "It's an extremely difficult time right now."
The Dodgers last won on Sept. 1, when ace Clayton Kershaw pitched them to a 1-0 victory at San Diego. They'll try to shake their stunning malaise when they hit the road Monday for a 10-game trip to San Francisco, first-place Washington and Philadelphia.
"It's past the point of anger and frustration now," shortstop Corey Seager said. "We have to go out and play better."
The Rockies took a 2-0 lead into the eighth and then broke it open with five runs. Reynolds hit his fifth career grand slam over the left-field wall off Walker Buehler, the Dodgers' prized prospect making his second appearance in the big leagues.
Buehler came on in the eighth and promptly gave up a single to DJ LeMahieu and walked Arenado. He struck out Story before walking Carlos Gonzalez to load the bases. Reynolds connected on a 3-2 pitch, sending many in the announced crowd of 50,161 heading to the exits.
Arenado homered leading off the third, and Story hit a two-out, solo shot in the ninth.
Alex Verdugo hit his first major league homer leading off the bottom of the ninth to prevent the Dodgers from getting shut out.
Hill was in trouble immediately, giving up two walks and two hits to his first four batters, including an RBI single by Arenado. Hill escaped the bases-loaded jam by retiring the next three batters, striking out two.
TOMMY TALK
Hall of Famer Tom Lasorda, who managed the Dodgers to their last World Series championship in 1988, visited with Roberts and talked to the team before the game. "He just wanted to put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'I've been there. It's going to be OK,'" Roberts said before the game. "We're getting to some uncharted territory."
ETHIER'S BAT
Veteran Andre Ethier is 4-for-8 with a home run and an RBI in his past five games since he was reinstated from the DL on Sept. 1. He went 2-for-2 Sunday for his first multi-hit game since Sept. 25, 2015, at San Francisco. Ethier has spent the majority of the season sidelined by a bad back.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: Reinstated LHP Tyler Anderson from 60-day DL. ... Recalled RHP Jairo Diaz from Triple-A Albuquerque and placed him on 60-day DL with right elbow inflammation.
UP NEXT
Rockies: LH Kyle Freeland (11-10, 3.99 ERA) starts Monday at Arizona in the opener of a four-game series. His victories and ERA lead major league rookies. However, he's 0-3 with a 5.33 ERA in six starts since Aug. 4. He hasn't won since July 30 at Washington.
Dodgers: RH Kenta Maeda (12-6, 4.02) starts Monday at San Francisco in place of LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu, who is being given extra rest after making 21 starts.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Colorado - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Rich Hill pitching for Los Angeles | COL | LAD |
| Blackmon walked. | 0 | 0 |
| LeMahieu singled to center, Blackmon to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Arenado singled to center, Blackmon scored, LeMahieu to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Story walked, LeMahieu to third, Arenado to second. | 1 | 0 |
| González popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Reynolds struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Tapia struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | LAD |
| Taylor flied out to right. | 1 | 0 |
| Seager singled to deep center. | 1 | 0 |
| Turner singled to left, Seager to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Bellinger struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Barnes grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Turner out at second. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Rich Hill pitching for Los Angeles | COL | LAD |
| Chatwood grounded out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Wolters lined out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Blackmon hit by pitch. | 1 | 0 |
| LeMahieu flied out to right. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | LAD |
| Granderson reached on infield single to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Forsythe flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Ethier singled to left, Granderson to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Hill struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Taylor lined out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Rich Hill pitching for Los Angeles | COL | LAD |
| Arenado homered to left (373 feet). | 2 | 0 |
| Story lined out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| González lined out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Reynolds flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | LAD |
| Seager struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Turner grounded out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Bellinger walked. | 2 | 0 |
| Barnes walked, Bellinger to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Granderson flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Rich Hill pitching for Los Angeles | COL | LAD |
| Tapia singled to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Chatwood bunt popped into double play, catcher to second, Tapia doubled off first. | 2 | 0 |
| Wolters struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | LAD |
| Forsythe flied out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Ethier singled to right center. | 2 | 0 |
| Hill struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Taylor struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Rich Hill pitching for Los Angeles | COL | LAD |
| Blackmon struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| LeMahieu struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| Arenado flied out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | LAD |
| Seager grounded out to pitcher. | 2 | 0 |
| Turner grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| Bellinger grounded out to first. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Josh Fields pitching for Los Angeles | COL | LAD |
| Fields relieved Hill. | 2 | 0 |
| Story struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| González doubled to deep left. | 2 | 0 |
| Reynolds grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Avilán relieved Fields. | 2 | 0 |
| Tapia lined out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Carlos Estevez pitching for Colorado | COL | LAD |
| Estévez relieved Chatwood. | 2 | 0 |
| Barnes singled to left. | 2 | 0 |
| Granderson struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Forsythe grounded into double play, third to second to first, Barnes out at second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Luis Avilan pitching for Los Angeles | COL | LAD |
| Valaika hit for Estévez. | 2 | 0 |
| Valaika grounded out to catcher. | 2 | 0 |
| Wolters lined out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Blackmon grounded out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Mike Dunn pitching for Colorado | COL | LAD |
| Dunn relieved Estévez. | 2 | 0 |
| Puig hit for Ethier. | 2 | 0 |
| Puig flied out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Hernández hit for Avilán. | 2 | 0 |
| Hernández struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Taylor grounded out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Walker Buehler pitching for Los Angeles | COL | LAD |
| Granderson in left field. | 2 | 0 |
| Puig in right field. | 2 | 0 |
| Buehler relieved Avilán. | 2 | 0 |
| LeMahieu singled to shallow center. | 2 | 0 |
| Arenado walked, LeMahieu to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Story struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| González walked, LeMahieu to third, Arenado to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Reynolds homered to center (407 feet), LeMahieu, Arenado and González scored. | 6 | 0 |
| Cingrani relieved Buehler. | 6 | 0 |
| Tapia singled to right. | 6 | 0 |
| Murphy hit for Dunn. | 6 | 0 |
| Tapia to second on wild pitch by Cingrani. | 6 | 0 |
| Murphy struck out swinging. | 6 | 0 |
| Wolters singled to shallow left, Tapia scored. | 7 | 0 |
| Blackmon struck out swinging. | 7 | 0 |
| 5 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Scott Oberg pitching for Colorado | COL | LAD |
| Oberg relieved Dunn. | 7 | 0 |
| Seager struck out swinging. | 7 | 0 |
| Turner struck out swinging. | 7 | 0 |
| Bellinger struck out swinging. | 7 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Wilmer Font pitching for Los Angeles | COL | LAD |
| Culberson at shortstop. | 7 | 0 |
| Segedin at third base. | 7 | 0 |
| Dickson in left field. | 7 | 0 |
| Thompson in right field. | 7 | 0 |
| Font relieved Cingrani. | 7 | 0 |
| LeMahieu struck out swinging. | 7 | 0 |
| Arenado popped out to second. | 7 | 0 |
| Story homered to center (418 feet). | 8 | 0 |
| González doubled to right. | 8 | 0 |
| Reynolds lined out to right. | 8 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Adam Ottavino pitching for Colorado | COL | LAD |
| Tauchman in center field. | 8 | 0 |
| Amarista at second base. | 8 | 0 |
| McMahon at third base. | 8 | 0 |
| Ottavino relieved Oberg. | 8 | 0 |
| Verdugo hit for Barnes. | 8 | 0 |
| Verdugo homered to left (382 feet). | 8 | 1 |
| Culberson singled to center. | 8 | 1 |
| Pederson hit for Forsythe. | 8 | 1 |
| Pederson walked, Culberson to second. | 8 | 1 |
| Thompson flied out to left. | 8 | 1 |
| Segedin struck out swinging. | 8 | 1 |
| Taylor struck out looking. | 8 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado Rockies | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Blackmon CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | .339 | .405 | .618 |
Tauchman CF
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .381 | .188 |
| LeMahieu 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | .314 | .378 | .410 |
Amarista 2B
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .236 | .264 | .357 |
| Arenado 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | .310 | .370 | .586 |
McMahon 3B
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .316 | .200 |
| Story SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | .229 | .304 | .440 |
| González RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .254 | .329 | .395 |
| Reynolds 1B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .270 | .358 | .500 |
| Tapia LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .286 | .333 | .421 |
| Chatwood P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .139 | .139 | .167 |
Estévez P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Valaika PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .274 | .506 |
Dunn P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
b-Murphy PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .042 | .115 | .083 |
Oberg P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Ottavino P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Wolters C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .237 | .337 | .283 |
| Totals | 37 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 172 | |||
| a-grounded to catcher for C Estevez in the 7th b-struck out swinging for M Dunn in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: González 2 (29, Fields, Font) HR: Arenado (32, 3rd inning off Hill 0 on, 0 Out); Reynolds (29, 8th inning off Buehler 3 on, 1 Out); Story (21, 9th inning off Font 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: Arenado 2 (119), Reynolds 4 (93), Wolters (15), Story (68) 2-out RBI: Wolters, Story Rockies RISP: 3-11 (Story 0-1, Murphy 0-1, Reynolds 1-4, Wolters 1-1, González 0-1, Arenado 1-1, Tapia 0-2) Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (Arenado-LeMahieu-Reynolds). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA |
| Attendance | 50,161 (89.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:16 |
| Weather | 93 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 5 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Mark Wegner, First Base - Lance Barrett, Second Base - Jim Reynolds, Third Base - Ben May |
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