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Dodgers hit 3 home runs, take 2-game series from Rockies

April 5, 2023

LOS ANGELES ― The Dodgers hit six home runs in their two-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies, continuing a trend of dominance. Their 5-2 win on Tuesday night was their 61st against the Rockies since 2018, more wins than any single head-to-head matchup in MLB over that time.

The usual suspects did their part.

Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías followed up his strong start in the season opener by throwing six shutout innings, striking out six batters without allowing a walk. One batter, Elehuris Montero, struck out when he called time for the second time in a single plate appearance – a violation of the new pace-of-play rules.

The game quite nearly unraveled when the Rockies loaded the bases with three consecutive singles to begin the third inning. But Urías struck out Kris Bryant with his new-look slider, then induced a double-play groundout to end the inning.

Urías (2-0) threw 87 pitches before handing the game to Caleb Ferguson in the seventh inning.

Down 5-1 in the ninth inning, the Rockies scored a run and threatened to tie the game. Evan Phillips relieved Phil Bickford in pursuit of the save, and promptly hit Elias Diaz to load the bases.

Phillips came back to retire Mike Moustakas on a sacrifice fly and retired Charlie Blackmon on a groundout to end the game.

After Mookie Betts singled to lead off the bottom of the first inning, Will Smith hit his third home run in as many games to give the Dodgers an early 2-0 lead. Smith went 2 for 4 with an RBI double and is batting .421 through five games. Max Muncy also homered for the Dodgers, his first of 2023.

The most surprising contribution came from the bat of Jason Heyward.

Starting in right field for the second consecutive game, Heyward went 1 for 3 with his second home run in as many days. The home run was the opposite of cheap: at 112.7 mph, it was the hardest homer he’s hit since at least 2015, the first year of publicly available Statcast data.

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With two homers in eight at-bats, Heyward has doubled his home run total from 2022, when he hit one in 137 at-bats for the Chicago Cubs.

Heyward was released with one year remaining on his contract in November. The Dodgers are paying him $720,000 this season; the Cubs are paying him $21.3 million.

Betts played second base with Miguel Vargas nursing a thumb injury, allowing Heyward to get his second start of the young season.

More to come on this story.

Orange County Register

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