Dodgers outslug Rockies 9-7 to open series

Field Level Media|published: Tue 24th June, 23:57 2025

MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers at Colorado Rockies

Jun 24, 2025; Denver, Colorado, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) during the first inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images

Michael Conforto homered and doubled, Shohei Ohtani also went deep and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the scuffling Colorado Rockies 9-7 on Tuesday night in Denver.

Mookie Betts, Max Muncy, Teoscar Hernandez, Will Smith and Andy Pages had two hits apiece for Los Angeles. Justin Wrobleski tossed five solid innings and Tanner Scott earned his 16th save.

Jack Dreyer served as the opener for the Dodgers and allowed a run in an inning of work before Wrobleski came on. Wrobleski (3-2) allowed two runs on five hits and struck out seven before exiting.

Michael Toglia hit a career-high three doubles and Jordan Beck also had three hits for the Rockies, who matched the Dodgers with 14 hits. Tyler Freeman extended his hitting streak to 11 games with two hits and Hunter Goodman contributed two singles.

Starter German Marquez (3-9) allowed six runs (four earned) and fanned six in four innings before leaving. Marquez rolled his ankle in the fourth but stayed in to get the final out.

The Rockies went ahead 2-0 on a pair of RBI doubles from Toglia in the first and third innings, but Los Angeles rallied in the fourth.

Freddie Freeman reached on Toglia's error at first and Smith and Muncy singled to load the bases with no outs. Freeman scored on Hernandez's groundout, Pages drove in Smith with a fielder's choice to tie it and Conforto homered to right to make it 5-2.

Toglia's second error of the inning put Tommy Edman on, and he scored a double by Betts.

Colorado got one back in the fifth when Beck singled, Toglia doubled and Thairo Estrada hit a sacrifice fly, but Los Angeles answered in the sixth inning.

Edman led off with a single and Ohtani homered just over the fence in left field. It was his National League-leading 27th of the season.

The Rockies added a run in the seventh on Estrada's RBI single and cut it to 8-7 in the eighth. Tyler Freeman hit a run-scoring double and Beck's double drove in two more.

The Dodgers padded the lead in the ninth on Hernandez's RBI double.

--Field Level Media