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Dodgers explode for 13 runs in victory over Rockies

April 4, 2023

LOS ANGELES ― Five days into the new season, the Dodgers’ offense has demonstrated a feast-or-famine quality. On a cold and windy Monday night at Dodger Stadium, they feasted.

Most of the Dodgers’ runs in their 13-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies scored with two outs in the fifth inning. Rockies starter Ryan Feltner (0-1) was one out away from leaving in line for a win when he loaded the bases on two walks and a double by Freddie Freeman.

Valencia native Jake Bird took over on the mound, and the floodgates opened. Four straight hits led to seven runs against the former UCLA standout, capped by Jason Heyward’s first home run as a Dodger.

Will Smith and Chris Taylor also hit home runs into a whipping wind, and James Outman became the first Dodger to hit two triples in a game in seven years.

The Dodgers’ 13 runs and 13 hits were both season highs. They scored eight and 10 runs in their two wins against the Arizona Diamondbacks and only one run in each of their two losses.

The beneficiary of their latest outburst was starting pitcher Michael Grove, who was in line for a loss in his 2023 debut until the Dodgers’ big two-out rally. Grove actually exited the game with a 2-1 lead in the fifth inning, but consecutive walks followed by an Elias Diaz double ended his night and left Yency Almonte with two runners in scoring position.

Harold Castro belted Almonte’s first pitch to right field, scoring two runs and giving the Rockies a 3-2 lead. The Rockies scored once more before the inning was over to take a 4-2 lead.

Grove was charged with three runs, all earned, in four innings. He walked two batters and struck out four. After Almonte finished out the fifth inning, the Rockies couldn’t muster a run against Alex Vesia, Phil Bickford, or Shelby Miller.

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The offense did the rest. Freeman went 3 for 4. Outman, Heyward and J.D. Martinez collected two hits each. All nine Dodger starters reached base at least once.

Outman became the first Dodger to triple twice in one game since Yasiel Puig did so on July 25, 2014. The rookie outfielder has collected the Dodgers’ first home run, stolen base and triple of 2023.

Dodgers second baseman Miguel Vargas was hit on the right thumb by a 92 mph fastball from Connor Seabold in the seventh inning but remained in the game. He suffered a hairline fracture of his right pinkie finger fielding a ground ball in February, an injury that left him unable to swing a bat in games for much of spring training.

More to come on this story.

Orange County Register

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