LOS ANGELES -- Even Clayton Kershaw couldn't revive the wilting Dodgers.
Nolan Arenado hit a three-run homer off a laboring Kershaw, and the Colorado Rockies won 9-1 on Thursday night, sending Los Angeles to its seventh straight defeat and 12th in 13 games.
The NL West leaders haven't lost that many since May 2013, when they dropped eight in a row. Their 92-48 record is still baseball's best, but they continue to founder with the playoffs approaching.
The Dodgers' division lead fell to 10 games over idle second-place Arizona.
"It's bad right now," Kershaw said. "Thankfully we did win so many games early so we have a little bit of a lead right now."
Coming off a three-game sweep by the Diamondbacks, the Dodgers were hopeful Kershaw (16-3) could stop the slide like he did last week when he snapped their five-game skid with a 1-0 victory at San Diego.
Instead, he got yanked after 86 pitches.
"We made him work," Rockies manager Bud Black said. "That was maybe the first time I've seen him in that sort of pitch-count situation, and I've seen him a lot over the years."
The Rockies pounded out 16 hits -- most allowed by the Dodgers this season -- and took full advantage of Los Angeles' faltering bullpen that surrendered five runs. Fans booed Josh Ravin when he gave up back-to-back bases-loaded walks in the seventh as the Rockies batted around.
"I don't want to get all dramatic here, but you can make the argument that that was our biggest win of the year," Arenado said. "Just a big win, coming to L.A. after a tough loss last night, getting in late and just winning like that."
Kershaw struggled through his second-shortest outing of the season, allowing four runs and six hits in 3 2/3 innings. He struck out seven, walked three and threw a wild pitch.
"When he took the mound we expected to win," manager Dave Roberts said. "Our guys are upset right now, they're frustrated. A few weeks ago it seemed like there was nothing we could do to lose a game."
Kershaw opened by giving up four consecutive hits, including Arenado's homer that quickly put the Dodgers in a hole.
"I picked a really bad time to have a bad night," the three-time NL Cy Young Award winner said.
Kershaw's woes continued in the second after getting two quick outs. He walked Charlie Blackmon, DJ LeMahieu reached on an error by shortstop Chris Taylor, and Kershaw walked Arenado to load the bases. He finally got Mark Reynolds on a swinging strike to end a seven-pitch at-bat and spoil the threat.
Kershaw found trouble again in the third. Gerardo Parra singled leading off and Trevor Story followed with a ground-rule double that Yasiel Puig couldn't catch in the dirt along the right-field line. Parra scored from third on Jonathan Lucroy's sacrifice fly, making it 4-0.
Kershaw issued a leadoff walk to Blackmon in the fourth, and two batters later manager Dave Roberts removed his ace in his first start at home since July 23. The left-hander went on the disabled list with a back issue after that start and didn't return until last Friday in San Diego.
Kershaw slammed his glove into the dugout wall and yelled before sitting down with his head bowed. He had made 16 straight starts without a loss since May 6, and the Dodgers had won every one of those games.
They've been outscored 28-3 and struck out 35 times so far this week.
"We don't think that we're a bad team," Kershaw said. "We won that many games in a row for a reason, and we played that well for that long for a reason. We are a very good team, we know that, but we're not showing it right now for sure."
Colorado's Jon Gray (7-4) allowed one run and four hits in six innings, struck out three and walked two.
The Rockies increased their lead to 6-1 in the fifth on a passed ball by Yasmani Grandal and Lucroy's RBI single.
Carlos Gonzalez's homer highlighted a three-run seventh.
LeMahieu singled in the first, extending his hitting streak to 15 games, currently second-longest in the majors.
Puig's RBI double with two outs in the fourth was the Dodgers' lone run.
BUEHLER'S DEBUT
Walker Buehler allowed one hit and struck out two while tossing two scoreless innings of relief in his major league debut. The Dodgers' top prospect had his contract selected a day earlier from Triple-A Oklahoma City. He topped 100 mph a couple times on the radar gun. He said he had mixed emotions making his debut during the Dodgers' skid.
"I just happened to come at this time," he said. "I don't think I'm any kind of spark plug."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: Reinstated C Ryan Hanigan from the 10-day DL (left groin strain).
Dodgers: 1B Adrian Gonzalez had an epidural for pain relief in his lower back and will be out a couple days. Roberts said Gonzalez has done it before this season and his back responded each time.
UP NEXT
Rockies: RHP German Marquez (10-6, 4.26 ERA) makes his first career start against Los Angeles. The rookie is 1-4 with a 5.36 ERA in eight starts against NL West teams. He is 4-3 with a 3.86 ERA in 12 road starts, with the Rockies going 6-6 in those outings.
Dodgers: RHP Yu Darvish (8-11, 4.09) faces the Rockies for the first time in his career. In his last start, he allowed five runs and eight hits to the Padres in three innings, the shortest outing of his career.
Nolan Arenado hit a three-run homer off a laboring Kershaw, and the Colorado Rockies won 9-1 on Thursday night, sending Los Angeles to its seventh straight defeat and 12th in 13 games.
The NL West leaders haven't lost that many since May 2013, when they dropped eight in a row. Their 92-48 record is still baseball's best, but they continue to founder with the playoffs approaching.
The Dodgers' division lead fell to 10 games over idle second-place Arizona.
"It's bad right now," Kershaw said. "Thankfully we did win so many games early so we have a little bit of a lead right now."
Coming off a three-game sweep by the Diamondbacks, the Dodgers were hopeful Kershaw (16-3) could stop the slide like he did last week when he snapped their five-game skid with a 1-0 victory at San Diego.
Instead, he got yanked after 86 pitches.
"We made him work," Rockies manager Bud Black said. "That was maybe the first time I've seen him in that sort of pitch-count situation, and I've seen him a lot over the years."
The Rockies pounded out 16 hits -- most allowed by the Dodgers this season -- and took full advantage of Los Angeles' faltering bullpen that surrendered five runs. Fans booed Josh Ravin when he gave up back-to-back bases-loaded walks in the seventh as the Rockies batted around.
"I don't want to get all dramatic here, but you can make the argument that that was our biggest win of the year," Arenado said. "Just a big win, coming to L.A. after a tough loss last night, getting in late and just winning like that."
Kershaw struggled through his second-shortest outing of the season, allowing four runs and six hits in 3 2/3 innings. He struck out seven, walked three and threw a wild pitch.
"When he took the mound we expected to win," manager Dave Roberts said. "Our guys are upset right now, they're frustrated. A few weeks ago it seemed like there was nothing we could do to lose a game."
Kershaw opened by giving up four consecutive hits, including Arenado's homer that quickly put the Dodgers in a hole.
"I picked a really bad time to have a bad night," the three-time NL Cy Young Award winner said.
Kershaw's woes continued in the second after getting two quick outs. He walked Charlie Blackmon, DJ LeMahieu reached on an error by shortstop Chris Taylor, and Kershaw walked Arenado to load the bases. He finally got Mark Reynolds on a swinging strike to end a seven-pitch at-bat and spoil the threat.
Kershaw found trouble again in the third. Gerardo Parra singled leading off and Trevor Story followed with a ground-rule double that Yasiel Puig couldn't catch in the dirt along the right-field line. Parra scored from third on Jonathan Lucroy's sacrifice fly, making it 4-0.
Kershaw issued a leadoff walk to Blackmon in the fourth, and two batters later manager Dave Roberts removed his ace in his first start at home since July 23. The left-hander went on the disabled list with a back issue after that start and didn't return until last Friday in San Diego.
Kershaw slammed his glove into the dugout wall and yelled before sitting down with his head bowed. He had made 16 straight starts without a loss since May 6, and the Dodgers had won every one of those games.
They've been outscored 28-3 and struck out 35 times so far this week.
"We don't think that we're a bad team," Kershaw said. "We won that many games in a row for a reason, and we played that well for that long for a reason. We are a very good team, we know that, but we're not showing it right now for sure."
Colorado's Jon Gray (7-4) allowed one run and four hits in six innings, struck out three and walked two.
The Rockies increased their lead to 6-1 in the fifth on a passed ball by Yasmani Grandal and Lucroy's RBI single.
Carlos Gonzalez's homer highlighted a three-run seventh.
LeMahieu singled in the first, extending his hitting streak to 15 games, currently second-longest in the majors.
Puig's RBI double with two outs in the fourth was the Dodgers' lone run.
BUEHLER'S DEBUT
Walker Buehler allowed one hit and struck out two while tossing two scoreless innings of relief in his major league debut. The Dodgers' top prospect had his contract selected a day earlier from Triple-A Oklahoma City. He topped 100 mph a couple times on the radar gun. He said he had mixed emotions making his debut during the Dodgers' skid.
"I just happened to come at this time," he said. "I don't think I'm any kind of spark plug."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: Reinstated C Ryan Hanigan from the 10-day DL (left groin strain).
Dodgers: 1B Adrian Gonzalez had an epidural for pain relief in his lower back and will be out a couple days. Roberts said Gonzalez has done it before this season and his back responded each time.
UP NEXT
Rockies: RHP German Marquez (10-6, 4.26 ERA) makes his first career start against Los Angeles. The rookie is 1-4 with a 5.36 ERA in eight starts against NL West teams. He is 4-3 with a 3.86 ERA in 12 road starts, with the Rockies going 6-6 in those outings.
Dodgers: RHP Yu Darvish (8-11, 4.09) faces the Rockies for the first time in his career. In his last start, he allowed five runs and eight hits to the Padres in three innings, the shortest outing of his career.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Colorado - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Clayton Kershaw pitching for Los Angeles | COL | LAD |
| Blackmon singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| LeMahieu doubled to left, Blackmon to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Arenado homered to left (413 feet), Blackmon and LeMahieu scored. | 3 | 0 |
| Reynolds singled to right. | 3 | 0 |
| Parra flied out to left. | 3 | 0 |
| Reynolds to second on wild pitch by Kershaw. | 3 | 0 |
| Story struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| González struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | COL | LAD |
| Taylor grounded out to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Granderson walked. | 3 | 0 |
| Bellinger grounded into fielder's choice to second, Granderson out at second. | 3 | 0 |
| Grandal struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Clayton Kershaw pitching for Los Angeles | COL | LAD |
| Lucroy popped out to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Gray struck out looking. | 3 | 0 |
| Blackmon walked. | 3 | 0 |
| LeMahieu safe at first on error by shortstop Taylor, Blackmon to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Arenado walked, Blackmon to third, LeMahieu to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Reynolds struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | COL | LAD |
| Puig grounded out to first. | 3 | 0 |
| Pederson lined out to left. | 3 | 0 |
| Forsythe grounded out to third. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Clayton Kershaw pitching for Los Angeles | COL | LAD |
| Parra singled to center. | 3 | 0 |
| Story hit a ground rule double to right, Parra to third. | 3 | 0 |
| González struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Lucroy hit sacrifice fly to right, Parra scored, Story to third. | 4 | 0 |
| Gray struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | COL | LAD |
| Utley flied out to right. | 4 | 0 |
| Kershaw grounded out to third. | 4 | 0 |
| Taylor singled to left. | 4 | 0 |
| Taylor out at second on runner's fielder's choice. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Clayton Kershaw pitching for Los Angeles | COL | LAD |
| Blackmon walked. | 4 | 0 |
| LeMahieu struck out looking. | 4 | 0 |
| Arenado grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Blackmon out at second. | 4 | 0 |
| Stewart relieved Kershaw. | 4 | 0 |
| Reynolds grounded into fielder's choice to third, Arenado out at second. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | COL | LAD |
| Granderson flied out to left. | 4 | 0 |
| Bellinger doubled to deep left. | 4 | 0 |
| Grandal flied out to left. | 4 | 0 |
| Puig doubled to deep left, Bellinger scored. | 4 | 1 |
| Pederson walked. | 4 | 1 |
| Forsythe lined out to second. | 4 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Brock Stewart pitching for Los Angeles | COL | LAD |
| Parra flied out to left. | 4 | 1 |
| Story reached on infield single to second. | 4 | 1 |
| González singled to left, Story to third, González to second advancing on throw. | 4 | 1 |
| Story scored, González to third on passed ball by Grandal. | 5 | 1 |
| Lucroy singled to left, González scored. | 6 | 1 |
| Gray sacrificed to first, Lucroy to second. | 6 | 1 |
| Blackmon intentionally walked. | 6 | 1 |
| LeMahieu grounded into fielder's choice to second, Blackmon out at second. | 6 | 1 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | COL | LAD |
| Utley struck out looking. | 6 | 1 |
| Verdugo hit for Stewart. | 6 | 1 |
| Verdugo lined out to right. | 6 | 1 |
| Taylor reached on infield single to second. | 6 | 1 |
| Granderson fouled out to first. | 6 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Brandon Morrow pitching for Los Angeles | COL | LAD |
| Verdugo in left field. | 6 | 1 |
| Morrow relieved Stewart. | 6 | 1 |
| Arenado singled to right. | 6 | 1 |
| Reynolds singled to center, Arenado to second. | 6 | 1 |
| Parra lined out to left. | 6 | 1 |
| Story grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Reynolds out at second. | 6 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | COL | LAD |
| Bellinger struck out swinging. | 6 | 1 |
| Grandal grounded out to second. | 6 | 1 |
| Puig flied out to center. | 6 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Edward Paredes pitching for Los Angeles | COL | LAD |
| Paredes relieved Morrow. | 6 | 1 |
| González homered to center (393 feet). | 7 | 1 |
| Lucroy reached on infield single to second. | 7 | 1 |
| Valaika hit for Gray. | 7 | 1 |
| Valaika singled to left center, Lucroy to second. | 7 | 1 |
| Blackmon singled to right, Lucroy to third, Valaika to second. | 7 | 1 |
| Ravin relieved Paredes. | 7 | 1 |
| LeMahieu struck out swinging. | 7 | 1 |
| Arenado walked, Lucroy scored, Valaika to third, Blackmon to second. | 8 | 1 |
| Reynolds struck out swinging. | 8 | 1 |
| Parra walked, Valaika scored, Blackmon to third, Arenado to second. | 9 | 1 |
| Story struck out swinging. | 9 | 1 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Mike Dunn pitching for Colorado | COL | LAD |
| Dunn relieved Gray. | 9 | 1 |
| Barnes hit for Pederson. | 9 | 1 |
| Barnes struck out swinging. | 9 | 1 |
| Forsythe flied out to center. | 9 | 1 |
| Hernández hit for Utley. | 9 | 1 |
| Hernández doubled to deep left. | 9 | 1 |
| Verdugo lined out to left. | 9 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Walker Buehler pitching for Los Angeles | COL | LAD |
| Culberson at shortstop. | 9 | 1 |
| Thompson in right field. | 9 | 1 |
| Barnes at second base. | 9 | 1 |
| Segedin at third base. | 9 | 1 |
| Hernández in left field. | 9 | 1 |
| Verdugo in center field. | 9 | 1 |
| Buehler relieved Ravin. | 9 | 1 |
| González singled to left. | 9 | 1 |
| Tapia ran for González. | 9 | 1 |
| Lucroy grounded into double play, first to shortstop to pitcher, Tapia out at second. | 9 | 1 |
| Tauchman hit for Dunn. | 9 | 1 |
| Tauchman grounded out to shortstop. | 9 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Mike Dunn pitching for Colorado | COL | LAD |
| Tapia in right field. | 9 | 1 |
| Oberg relieved Dunn. | 9 | 1 |
| Segedin struck out swinging. | 9 | 1 |
| Thompson struck out swinging. | 9 | 1 |
| Bellinger doubled to deep left center. | 9 | 1 |
| Grandal grounded out to first. | 9 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Walker Buehler pitching for Los Angeles | COL | LAD |
| Blackmon struck out looking. | 9 | 1 |
| Amarista hit for LeMahieu. | 9 | 1 |
| Amarista struck out swinging. | 9 | 1 |
| McMahon hit for Arenado. | 9 | 1 |
| McMahon grounded out to first. | 9 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Adam Ottavino pitching for Colorado | COL | LAD |
| Amarista at second base. | 9 | 1 |
| McMahon at third base. | 9 | 1 |
| Ottavino relieved Oberg. | 9 | 1 |
| Culberson struck out looking. | 9 | 1 |
| Barnes walked. | 9 | 1 |
| Dickson hit for Buehler. | 9 | 1 |
| Dickson struck out swinging. | 9 | 1 |
| Hernández flied out to center. | 9 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado Rockies | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Blackmon CF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 33 | .340 | .406 | .622 |
| LeMahieu 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .315 | .379 | .412 |
c-Amarista PH-2B
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .234 | .263 | .351 |
| Arenado 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 22 | .305 | .365 | .581 |
d-McMahon PH-3B
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .133 | .316 | .200 |
| Reynolds 1B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .272 | .362 | .501 |
| Parra LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | .330 | .363 | .482 |
| Story SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .227 | .303 | .427 |
| González RF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .251 | .327 | .383 |
Tapia PR-RF
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .274 | .324 | .407 |
| Lucroy C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .291 | .394 | .407 |
| Gray P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .097 | .125 | .194 |
a-Valaika PH
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .251 | .276 | .509 |
Dunn P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
b-Tauchman PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .400 | .200 |
Oberg P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Ottavino P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 40 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 178 | |||
| a-singled to left center for J Gray in the 7th b-grounded to shortstop for M Dunn in the 8th c-struck out swinging for D Lemahieu in the 9th d-grounded to first for N Arenado in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: LeMahieu (26, Kershaw); Story (25, Kershaw) HR: Arenado (31, 1st inning off Kershaw 2 on, 0 Out); González (9, 7th inning off Paredes 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: Arenado 4 (116), Lucroy 2 (8), González (47), Parra (66) S: Gray SF: Lucroy 2-out RBI: Parra GIDP: Story, Lucroy Rockies RISP: 3-14 (Story 0-3, LeMahieu 0-2, Reynolds 0-2, Gray 0-1, Parra 0-1, Lucroy 1-1, Blackmon 1-1, González 0-2, Arenado 1-1) Team LOB: 12 | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA |
| Attendance | 51,492 (92% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:35 |
| Weather | 75 degrees, clear |
| Wind | 6 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Lance Barrett, First Base - Jim Reynolds, Second Base - Ben May, Third Base - Mark Wegner |
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