Dalton Rushing stays hot, Dodgers roll through Rockies
Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Dalton Rushing (68) celebrates with third base coach/outfield coach Dino Ebel (91) after a solo home run in the eighth inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Fi... DENVER – The thin air at Coors Field has a way of reviving a lineup, and on Monday night it breathed life back into the Dodgers. After dropping two straight, the Dodgers didn’t just salvage a split, they made a statement.
A 12-3 rout of the Colorado Rockies was fueled by thunder at the plate and another steady step forward from a young arm that’s making it harder to ignore him. It started, as it so often does in Denver, with Max Muncy turning a mistake into a souvenir. His second-inning blast, 419 feet, set the tone and hinted at what kind of night it would be.
By the time he was done, Muncy had four hits and two more home runs, giving him eight on the season, all solo shots, and an absurd 10 hits in this series alone. Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy (13) rounds the bases on a solo home run in the second inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Isaiah J.
Downing-Imagn Images Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy (13) rounds the bases on a solo home run in the second inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. And Muncy didn’t stay alone for long. Miguel Rojas followed him with a home run of his own, part of a storybook night that included his 999th and 1,000th career hits, both coming in the same ballpark, and in the same game.
His fourth-inning single to reach the milestone helped spark another rally, one that grew when a balk from Jose Quintana pushed a run across and underscored how quickly things were unraveling for Colorado. Meanwhile, Shohei Ohtani just kept quietly building history. His third-inning single extended his on-base streak to 52 games, putting him within one of Shawn Green for second place in Dodgers history.