LOS ANGELES -- Different day, same result for the Dodgers.
Trevor Story hit a two-run homer and drove in three and the Colorado Rockies beat Los Angeles 6-5 on Saturday night, sending the NL West leaders to their ninth straight defeat in their worst skid since 1992.
"We're kind of like, `Uh, what's going on?" second baseman Logan Forsythe said.
The majors' best team this season has lost eight in a row at Chavez Ravine for the first time in 30 years. The Dodgers have dropped 14 of 15 overall, and they lost their fifth consecutive series for the first time since 2007.
"We're doing some unprecedented things right now," manager Dave Roberts said.
Despite its funk, Los Angeles still owns the best record in baseball at 92-50, five games ahead of Washington, which also lost.
"We're making it a little closer than we had anticipated," said Roberts, who admitted peeking at the out-of-town scores.
Colorado's fifth straight victory matched the club's longest road winning streak since June 3-10.
Chad Bettis (1-2) notched his first victory in his sixth start of the season after returning from testicular cancer. The right-hander allowed four runs -- three earned -- and six hits in five innings. He struck out five with no walks.
"He kept them off-balance and he disrupted their timing, which is what Chad does," Rockies manager Bud Black said. "To get a major league win, to get a `W' by your name this year is really special for Chad and all of us."
The Dodgers got to 6-5 in the ninth on Forsythe's leadoff homer against Greg Holland, but the Rockies closer retired the next three batters to earn his 39th save.
"We played a pretty solid game," Forsythe said. "Going into that last inning, we still had that fight that we had earlier."
Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen gave up a leadoff double to Nolan Arenado in the top of the ninth, and Arenado scored on Gerardo Parra's RBI double that popped out of the glove of center fielder Chris Taylor, making it 6-4.
Trailing 4-0 early, the Dodgers closed to 5-4 in the fifth on Andre Ethier's leadoff pinch-hit home run that earned a standing ovation from the sellout crowd of 52,884.
Los Angeles had chances, getting the potential tying run aboard in the sixth and eighth, but couldn't avoid extending its worst losing streak since dropping 10 straight in June 1992.
"When you're going bad like we are, it's the little things that get magnified that you got to really kind of focus on doing those little things to be proactive and get you out of it," Roberts said.
The Rockies backed Bettis with a four-run second, highlighted by Story's homer on the first pitch from All-Star Alex Wood (14-3). Charlie Blackmon and Arenado added RBI singles.
"My command wasn't great," Wood said. "Overall, I thought my stuff was there. I got to hopefully lock the command back in. It's time to bear down and hopefully turn this thing around."
The Dodgers rallied in the fourth, helped by errors from Arenado and Story and a couple of fluke plays.
Justin Turner's single scored leadoff hitter Taylor, who was safe at second on third baseman Arenado's throwing error. Cody Bellinger doubled when the ball nicked the glove of first baseman Mark Reynolds on a diving stab and sailed down the right-field line.
Turner and Bellinger scored on Yasiel Puig's double to make it 4-3. Arenado went to backhand the ball, but it got by him down the left-field line.
Forsythe reached on shortstop Story's error. He tried to backhand the ball on a routine grounder and it missed his glove, putting the potential tying and go-ahead runs on first and third with two outs. Joc Pederson flied out to end the threat.
"I made a bad error," Story said. "Bettis was doing his job, he was getting ground balls. We didn't really pick him up, he picked us up. He got us out of the inning with the lead, kudos to him."
The Rockies extended their lead to 5-3 on Story's RBI double in the fifth.
Wood gave up five runs and eight hits in five innings, struck out two and walked three in losing his second straight start.
Colorado's DJ LeMahieu had his 16-game hitting streak end when he went 0 for 4 with a walk.
MOST RIBBIES
Blackmon went 2 for 5 with a double and a run scored, tying Houston's Craig Biggio (1998) for the most RBI in a single season by a National League leadoff hitter with 88.
HANGING WITH THE BEST
The Rockies improved to 8-7 against Los Angeles this season and 4-4 at Dodger Stadium.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: LHP Tyler Anderson tossed a side session Friday that went well. Manager Bud Black said he could be activated as soon as Sunday.
Dodgers: LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu will be skipped in the rotation to get some rest after making 21 starts so far this season.
UP NEXT
Rockies: RHP Tyler Chatwood (6-12, 4.88 ERA) is 0-2 in three starts against the Dodgers this season with a 10.57 ERA. He's making just his fourth start since the All-Star break.
Dodgers: LHP Rich Hill (9-7, 3.67) starts against the Rockies for the first time since April 2008, when he was with the Cubs. In three career starts against them, he is 0-2 with an 8.80 ERA.
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Trevor Story hit a two-run homer and drove in three and the Colorado Rockies beat Los Angeles 6-5 on Saturday night, sending the NL West leaders to their ninth straight defeat in their worst skid since 1992.
"We're kind of like, `Uh, what's going on?" second baseman Logan Forsythe said.
The majors' best team this season has lost eight in a row at Chavez Ravine for the first time in 30 years. The Dodgers have dropped 14 of 15 overall, and they lost their fifth consecutive series for the first time since 2007.
"We're doing some unprecedented things right now," manager Dave Roberts said.
Despite its funk, Los Angeles still owns the best record in baseball at 92-50, five games ahead of Washington, which also lost.
"We're making it a little closer than we had anticipated," said Roberts, who admitted peeking at the out-of-town scores.
Colorado's fifth straight victory matched the club's longest road winning streak since June 3-10.
Chad Bettis (1-2) notched his first victory in his sixth start of the season after returning from testicular cancer. The right-hander allowed four runs -- three earned -- and six hits in five innings. He struck out five with no walks.
"He kept them off-balance and he disrupted their timing, which is what Chad does," Rockies manager Bud Black said. "To get a major league win, to get a `W' by your name this year is really special for Chad and all of us."
The Dodgers got to 6-5 in the ninth on Forsythe's leadoff homer against Greg Holland, but the Rockies closer retired the next three batters to earn his 39th save.
"We played a pretty solid game," Forsythe said. "Going into that last inning, we still had that fight that we had earlier."
Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen gave up a leadoff double to Nolan Arenado in the top of the ninth, and Arenado scored on Gerardo Parra's RBI double that popped out of the glove of center fielder Chris Taylor, making it 6-4.
Trailing 4-0 early, the Dodgers closed to 5-4 in the fifth on Andre Ethier's leadoff pinch-hit home run that earned a standing ovation from the sellout crowd of 52,884.
Los Angeles had chances, getting the potential tying run aboard in the sixth and eighth, but couldn't avoid extending its worst losing streak since dropping 10 straight in June 1992.
"When you're going bad like we are, it's the little things that get magnified that you got to really kind of focus on doing those little things to be proactive and get you out of it," Roberts said.
The Rockies backed Bettis with a four-run second, highlighted by Story's homer on the first pitch from All-Star Alex Wood (14-3). Charlie Blackmon and Arenado added RBI singles.
"My command wasn't great," Wood said. "Overall, I thought my stuff was there. I got to hopefully lock the command back in. It's time to bear down and hopefully turn this thing around."
The Dodgers rallied in the fourth, helped by errors from Arenado and Story and a couple of fluke plays.
Justin Turner's single scored leadoff hitter Taylor, who was safe at second on third baseman Arenado's throwing error. Cody Bellinger doubled when the ball nicked the glove of first baseman Mark Reynolds on a diving stab and sailed down the right-field line.
Turner and Bellinger scored on Yasiel Puig's double to make it 4-3. Arenado went to backhand the ball, but it got by him down the left-field line.
Forsythe reached on shortstop Story's error. He tried to backhand the ball on a routine grounder and it missed his glove, putting the potential tying and go-ahead runs on first and third with two outs. Joc Pederson flied out to end the threat.
"I made a bad error," Story said. "Bettis was doing his job, he was getting ground balls. We didn't really pick him up, he picked us up. He got us out of the inning with the lead, kudos to him."
The Rockies extended their lead to 5-3 on Story's RBI double in the fifth.
Wood gave up five runs and eight hits in five innings, struck out two and walked three in losing his second straight start.
Colorado's DJ LeMahieu had his 16-game hitting streak end when he went 0 for 4 with a walk.
MOST RIBBIES
Blackmon went 2 for 5 with a double and a run scored, tying Houston's Craig Biggio (1998) for the most RBI in a single season by a National League leadoff hitter with 88.
HANGING WITH THE BEST
The Rockies improved to 8-7 against Los Angeles this season and 4-4 at Dodger Stadium.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: LHP Tyler Anderson tossed a side session Friday that went well. Manager Bud Black said he could be activated as soon as Sunday.
Dodgers: LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu will be skipped in the rotation to get some rest after making 21 starts so far this season.
UP NEXT
Rockies: RHP Tyler Chatwood (6-12, 4.88 ERA) is 0-2 in three starts against the Dodgers this season with a 10.57 ERA. He's making just his fourth start since the All-Star break.
Dodgers: LHP Rich Hill (9-7, 3.67) starts against the Rockies for the first time since April 2008, when he was with the Cubs. In three career starts against them, he is 0-2 with an 8.80 ERA.
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| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Colorado - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Wood pitching for Los Angeles | COL | LAD |
| Blackmon doubled to deep right. | 0 | 0 |
| LeMahieu grounded into fielder's choice to first, Blackmon out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| Arenado struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Reynolds lined out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Chad Bettis pitching for Colorado | COL | LAD |
| Taylor popped out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Seager struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Turner flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Alex Wood pitching for Los Angeles | COL | LAD |
| Parra doubled to deep right. | 0 | 0 |
| Story homered to left center (424 feet), Parra scored. | 2 | 0 |
| Desmond hit by pitch. | 2 | 0 |
| Lucroy lined out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Bettis sacrificed to pitcher, Desmond to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Blackmon singled to center, Desmond scored. | 3 | 0 |
| LeMahieu walked, Blackmon to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Arenado singled to left, Blackmon scored, LeMahieu to second, LeMahieu to third, Arenado to second advancing on throw. | 4 | 0 |
| Reynolds struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| 4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Chad Bettis pitching for Colorado | COL | LAD |
| Bellinger grounded out to pitcher. | 4 | 0 |
| Puig singled to right. | 4 | 0 |
| Grandal grounded into fielder's choice to first, Puig out at second. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Alex Wood pitching for Los Angeles | COL | LAD |
| Parra singled to left. | 4 | 0 |
| Parra safe at second on throwing error by pitcher Wood. | 4 | 0 |
| Story grounded out to third. | 4 | 0 |
| Desmond grounded out to third. | 4 | 0 |
| Lucroy intentionally walked. | 4 | 0 |
| Bettis grounded into fielder's choice to first, Lucroy out at second. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Chad Bettis pitching for Colorado | COL | LAD |
| Forsythe flied out to right. | 4 | 0 |
| Pederson popped out to third. | 4 | 0 |
| Wood struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Alex Wood pitching for Los Angeles | COL | LAD |
| Blackmon grounded out to second. | 4 | 0 |
| LeMahieu grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 0 |
| Arenado grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Chad Bettis pitching for Colorado | COL | LAD |
| Taylor safe at second on throwing error by third baseman Arenado. | 4 | 0 |
| Seager grounded out to second, Taylor to third. | 4 | 0 |
| Turner singled to center, Taylor scored. | 4 | 1 |
| Bellinger doubled to right, Turner to third. | 4 | 1 |
| Puig doubled to left, Turner and Bellinger scored. | 4 | 3 |
| Grandal struck out swinging. | 4 | 3 |
| Forsythe safe at first on error by shortstop Story, Puig to third. | 4 | 3 |
| Pederson lined out to right. | 4 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 2 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Alex Wood pitching for Los Angeles | COL | LAD |
| Reynolds singled to center. | 4 | 3 |
| Parra grounded into fielder's choice to second, Reynolds out at second. | 4 | 3 |
| Story doubled to deep center, Parra scored. | 5 | 3 |
| Desmond grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 3 |
| Lucroy intentionally walked. | 5 | 3 |
| Bettis grounded out to pitcher. | 5 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Chad Bettis pitching for Colorado | COL | LAD |
| Ethier hit for Wood. | 5 | 3 |
| Ethier homered to right (413 feet). | 5 | 4 |
| Taylor struck out looking. | 5 | 4 |
| Seager singled to center. | 5 | 4 |
| Seager to second on wild pitch by Bettis. | 5 | 4 |
| Turner lined out to center. | 5 | 4 |
| Bellinger struck out looking. | 5 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Ross Stripling pitching for Los Angeles | COL | LAD |
| Stripling relieved Wood. | 5 | 4 |
| Blackmon flied out to left. | 5 | 4 |
| LeMahieu lined out to right. | 5 | 4 |
| Arenado singled to right. | 5 | 4 |
| Reynolds struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Scott Oberg pitching for Colorado | COL | LAD |
| Oberg relieved Bettis. | 5 | 4 |
| Puig struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| Grandal struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| Forsythe doubled to right. | 5 | 4 |
| Pederson struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Brandon Morrow pitching for Los Angeles | COL | LAD |
| Morrow relieved Stripling. | 5 | 4 |
| Parra struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| Story struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| Desmond flied out to right. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Pat Neshek pitching for Colorado | COL | LAD |
| Neshek relieved Oberg. | 5 | 4 |
| Utley hit for Morrow. | 5 | 4 |
| Utley lined out to left. | 5 | 4 |
| Taylor flied out to right. | 5 | 4 |
| Seager lined out to right. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Tony Watson pitching for Los Angeles | COL | LAD |
| Watson relieved Morrow. | 5 | 4 |
| Lucroy safe at first on error by first baseman Bellinger. | 5 | 4 |
| Valaika hit for Neshek. | 5 | 4 |
| Valaika sacrificed to catcher, Lucroy to second. | 5 | 4 |
| Blackmon struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| LeMahieu lined out to second. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Jake McGee pitching for Colorado | COL | LAD |
| McGee relieved Neshek. | 5 | 4 |
| Turner grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 4 |
| Bellinger walked. | 5 | 4 |
| Puig flied out to center. | 5 | 4 |
| Barnes hit for Grandal. | 5 | 4 |
| Barnes flied out to center. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Kenley Jansen pitching for Los Angeles | COL | LAD |
| Barnes catching. | 5 | 4 |
| Jansen relieved Watson. | 5 | 4 |
| Arenado doubled to left. | 5 | 4 |
| Reynolds grounded out to first. | 5 | 4 |
| Parra doubled to center, Arenado scored. | 6 | 4 |
| Story struck out swinging. | 6 | 4 |
| Parra stole third. | 6 | 4 |
| Desmond struck out swinging. | 6 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Greg Holland pitching for Colorado | COL | LAD |
| Holland relieved McGee. | 6 | 4 |
| Forsythe homered to left (385 feet). | 6 | 5 |
| Pederson struck out swinging. | 6 | 5 |
| Granderson hit for Jansen. | 6 | 5 |
| Granderson struck out looking. | 6 | 5 |
| Taylor grounded out to third. | 6 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado Rockies | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Blackmon CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .340 | .405 | .621 |
| LeMahieu 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | .313 | .378 | .410 |
| Arenado 3B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .308 | .368 | .581 |
| Reynolds 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .271 | .360 | .497 |
| Parra RF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .330 | .362 | .484 |
| Story SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .229 | .303 | .435 |
| Desmond LF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .275 | .325 | .368 |
| Lucroy C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | .275 | .393 | .385 |
| Bettis P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .125 | .222 | .125 |
Oberg P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Neshek P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Valaika PH
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .251 | .276 | .509 |
McGee P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Holland P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 37 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 153 | |||
| a-sacrificed to catcher for P Neshek in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Blackmon (31, Wood); Parra 2 (22, Wood, Jansen); Story (26, Wood); Arenado (41, Jansen) HR: Story (20, 2nd inning off Wood 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: Story 3 (67), Blackmon (89), Arenado (117), Parra (67) S: Valaika, Bettis 2-out RBI: Blackmon, Arenado Rockies RISP: 4-16 (LeMahieu 0-2, Story 1-3, Desmond 0-3, Reynolds 0-2, Parra 1-1, Blackmon 1-2, Bettis 0-2, Arenado 1-1) Team LOB: 10 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Parra (1, 3rd base off Jansen/Barnes) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Arenado (8, throw); Story (10, ground ball) DP: 1 (Reynolds-Story-Bettis). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA |
| Attendance | 52,884 (94.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:29 |
| Weather | 78 degrees, clear |
| Wind | 7 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Ben May, First Base - Mark Wegner, Second Base - Lance Barrett, Third Base - Jim Reynolds |
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