Dodgers 9, Rockies 5
DENVER -- Pinch hitter Justin Turner's two-run homer in the eighth inning keyed a four-run inning uprising that gave the Los Angeles Dodgers a 9-5 win over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday.
The teams were rained out Saturday, and four inches of snow fell overnight. But Coors Field was cleared in the morning, and the game began under sunny skies and a temperature of 41 degrees.
Turner connected off Scott Oberg (1-1), who struck out the two batters he faced in the seventh before giving up a leadoff single to right fielder Enrique Hernandez. Boone Logan relieved Oberg and was charged with the final two runs of the inning.
The loss extended Colorado's season-high losing streak to nine and was their eighth straight loss to the Dodgers. Rockies pitchers issued a season-high 10 walks - including six in consecutive innings, the fourth and fifth, by starter Jorge De La Rosa. He pitched into the fifth and saw a 5-2 lead vanish when first baseman Adrian Gonzalez hit a three-run double.
Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw lasted a season-low 5 2/3 innings and left with the bases loaded. Right-hander Pedro Baez (1-0) relieved him and struck out shortstop Troy Tulowitzki on a 98 mph fastball to keep the game tied at 5-5. Baez's win was his first in the majors.
The Rockies took a 5-2 lead when they batted around in a five-run fourth -- their biggest inning of the year -- that began when Kershaw walked leadoff hitter DJ LeMahieu. Tulowitzki looped a single to right, and first baseman Wilin Rosario pulled a 95 mph fastball for a run-scoring single. Catcher Nick Hundley followed with a run-scoring single.
Left fielder Rafael Ynoa's ground out brought in the go-ahead run, and De La Rosa golfed a two-run single up the middle to make it 5-2.
The five runs matched the total Kershaw had allowed in 14 1/3 combined innings in his past two starts. He was making his fifth attempt to win the 100th game of his career and failed to get it, although his five strikeouts gave him 1,501 for his career.
NOTES: RHP Jorge Rondon was claimed off waivers by Baltimore from the Rockies, who had designated him for assignment on May 2 after he went 0-0 with a 90.00 ERA in two appearances...Rockies C Nick Hundley extended his career-high hitting streak to 12 games with a run-scoring single in the second. .. Dodgers RF Yasiel Puig (left hamstring strain) will undergo an MRI on Monday, not Sunday as manager Don Mattingly had said originally. Puig's hamstring tightened as he was running out a grounder in the fifth inning of his second rehab game Friday night with High Class A Rancho Cucamonga, forcing him to leave the game...Rockies RHP LaTroy Hawkins (right biceps tendinitis) threw his first bullpen session since going on the disabled list April 22...The Dodgers are expected to bring up RHP Mike Bolsinger from Triple-A Oklahoma City to start Tuesday and push RHP Carlos Frias' start back one day to Wednesday. Bolsinger, who is 2-0 with a 1.42 ERA at Oklahoma City, made his major league debut for the Dodgers last month.