April 18, 2017

Nolan Arenado hit a pair of home runs, and Trevor Story added another, as the Rockies held off a late Dodger rally to win 4-3 at Chavez Ravine on Tuesday night.

The Dodgers tried to rally in the 9th inning, but came up short.  Justin Turner had an RBI single, scoring Chase Utley.  Yasmani Grandal had a run-scoring single as well to pull the Dodgers within 1. However, Adrian Gonzales grounded out to short to end the game with runners at 1st and 2nd.

Despite giving up the two runs in the 9th, Greg Holland earned his 4th save.  Chris Ruslin earned the win in relief for the Rockies.  Kyle Freeland went 4 innings for Colorado, giving up 4 hits and 1 earned run on 87 pitches.  Hyun-Jin Ryu took the loss for LA, falling to 0-3 on the season.  Ryu gave up 4 runs on 6 hits, in his 6 innings of work.

Arenado got the Rockies off to a strong start in the 1st inning with a 2-run shot to left field.  Story connected on a solo blast in the 4th.  Joc Pederson put the Dodgers on the board in the 4th, reaching on an infield single which scored Kike Hernandez.

However, Arenado and the Rockies answered in the 5th again, after he put another ball into the Pavilion.

The boys in blue fell to 7-8 on the season, and are 3 games back of the 1st place Rockies in the NL West.

The Dodgers are back at it tomorrow in the 2nd game of the series.  Clayton Kershaw will be on the hill for LA, and the Rockies will counter with Tyler Anderson.