Dodgers 4, Rockies 1
LOS ANGELES -- Clayton Kershaw defeated the Colorado Rockies for the ninth time in a row in a 4-1 victory by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium.
Kershaw (14-6) limited Colorado to a run on three hits with five strikeouts and two walks on 105 pitches (71 strikes) in seven innings. The consecutive wins over the Rockies by Kershaw tied the club record set by former Los Angeles right hander Brad Penny (2006-08).
Overall, Kershaw is 9-0 in his last 13 outings. Kershaw's 264 major league-leading strikeouts leave him six short of surpassing the Los Angeles franchise mark of 269 for third best in a season by Sandy Koufax.
Reliever Chris Hatcher worked a scoreless ninth for his third save this season.
Third baseman Justin Turner delivered the go-ahead run with an RBI double in the fifth, boosting the Dodgers (83-60) to their third straight win. They have beaten the Rockies (60-84) in 10 of 14 meetings this year.
Left fielder Scott Schebler hit a two-run homer off reliever Miguel Castro with two outs in the eighth for the game's final runs. It was Schebler's third this season.
Rockies starter Jon Gray (0-1) failed to make it out of the fifth inning, allowing two runs on six hits with eight strikeouts and a walk in 4 2/3 innings. Gray, who threw 92 pitches (54 strikes), also hit a batter.
Dodgers rookie shortstop Corey Seager played his first major league game at Dodger Stadium. Seager went 2-for-3 with a double and a run.
A crowd of 43,731 attended.
The Rockies scored in the first off Kershaw. Second baseman DJ LeMahieu drew a one-out walk, advanced to third on a double by third baseman Nolan Arenado and came home on a groundout by right fielder Carlos Gonzalez.
Dodgers right fielder Andre Ethier singled with one out in the second and reached third on a double by Seager. Ethier scored on a sacrifice fly by catcher Yasmani Grandal to tie the score at 1.
In the fifth, Turner's RBI double to left gave Los Angeles a 2-1 advantage.
NOTES: Dodgers 2B Howie Kendrick appears to be closer to returning. Kendrick, who has missed 32 games with a left hamstring strain, performed running drills and participated in a simulated game Monday. Kendrick, who was hitting .296 with nine home runs and 49 RBIs when he was sidelined, will play in another simulated game Tuesday. Manager Don Mattingly declined to say when Kendrick would return. ... Los Angeles 2B Jose Peraza, who left Sunday's game against the Arizona Diamondbacks with a tight hamstring, is probably done for the season, Mattingly said. ... Rockies LHP Chris Rusin (5-8, 5.14 ERA) will face Dodgers LHP Brett Anderson (9-8, 3.36 ERA) in the second game of the series Tuesday.