Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts homered and Dustin May went six strong innings for his first win in nearly two years as the Los Angeles Dodgers earned a 5-3 victory over the visiting Colorado Rockies on Monday in the opener of a three-game series.
Tanner Scott pitched the ninth inning for his fifth save as the Dodgers came out on top after losing six of their previous nine games.
May (1-1) gave up one run on three hits with no walks and seven strikeouts for his first major league win since May 6, 2023, after recovering from elbow surgery and a torn esophagus.
Hunter Goodman hit a home run and Kyle Farmer had two doubles for the Rockies, who finally ended their club-record 32-inning scoreless streak in the sixth inning. Colorado entered the series after getting shut out in three consecutive defeats at San Diego.
Rockies right-hander Antonio Senzatela (0-3) gave up four runs on nine hits over 4 1/3 innings. He walked one and fanned one.
The Dodgers took a 2-0 lead two batters into the bottom of the first on a leadoff single from Ohtani and a two-run home run from Betts to left field, his fourth on the season.
The Dodgers made it 3-0 in the third inning when Ohtani hit a leadoff home run to center field, his fifth of the season. Ohtani, who also flied out to the wall twice, went 1-for-12 with a single in the just-completed three-game series against the Chicago Cubs.
The margin reached 4-0 in the fifth on a leadoff double from Betts and a one-out RBI single from Will Smith.
The Rockies ended their scoring drought in the sixth when Nick Martini reached on a two-out infield single when his grounder was misplayed by Max Muncy at third base. Farmer followed with an RBI double.
The Dodgers got the run back in the bottom of the sixth on a sacrifice fly from Smith before the Rockies pulled within 5-3 on a two-run home run from Goodman off left-hander Anthony Banda in the seventh. It was Goodman’s third of the season.
Colorado put two runners aboard in the ninth before Scott struck out Jacob Stallings and ended the game by getting Ezequiel Tovar on a ground out.
–Field Level Media
