Max Muncy and Dalton Rushing each homer twice in Dodgers' 15-hit, blowout win
Max Muncy and Dalton Rushing each hit two home runs as the Dodgers snap a two-game skid with a 12-3 series-splitting win over the Colorado Rockies.
Max Muncy, left, celebrates with Miguel Rojas after hitting a home run in the second inning of the Dodgers' 12-3 win over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night. Rojas homered on the next at-bat. (David Zalubowski / Associated Press) The Dodgers escaped the House of Mile High Horrors having to salvage a split against the less-talented Colorado Rockies, having played the coldest game in franchise history, having reliever Blake Treinen hit in the head by a batted ball during batting practice.
And most significantly, having to report Monday that star closer Edwin Díaz will have surgery to remove “loose bodies” in his right elbow, likely sidelining him for three months. But the fourth and final game at Coors Field was more normal, more like it. More like the Dodgers, who dominated, 12-3 .
Read more: Dodgers closer Edwin Díaz to have surgery, expected out until after All-Star break They piled up 15 hits, five of them home runs and scored in every inning but the first and fifth. Among the Dodgers’ many highlights: Miguel Rojas pumping his fists running to first base after smacking his 1,000th hit through the hole to left field. And Shohei Ohtani extended his consecutive on-base streak to 52 with a single to right in the third, when the Dodgers pushed the lead to 4-1.
That moved him within one game of Shawn Green ’s mark, which is second all time among Dodgers. Ohtani also stole his first base of the season. Also, the Dodgers (16-6) had back-to-back home runs for the first time this season.