Brendan Rodgers had three hits, Randal Grichuk and Jose Iglesias had two hits each and the Colorado Rockies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 in Denver on Saturday night.

Kyle Freeland (6-7) struck out six batters in six innings while allowing six hits and three runs to get the win. Daniel Bard pitched the ninth for his 22nd save on the same day he signed a two-year contract extension with Colorado.

Trea Turner homered and Hanser Alberto and Freddie Freeman had two hits each for the Dodgers. Los Angeles had won six straight over the Rockies.

For the fifth straight game, the Dodgers scored in the first inning. Freeman singled to center with two outs and scored on Will Smith’s double to right-center field to make it 1-0.

Colorado answered in the bottom of the inning. Charlie Blackmon and Rodgers reached on infield singles, and third baseman Max Muncy’s error on Iglesias’ grounder allowed Blackmon to score from second.

Grichuk singled to right to make it 2-1 but was thrown out by Mookie Betts trying to stretch it to a double.

Los Angeles came back in the third inning. With one out, Turner homered to left field, his 16th of the season, to extend his hitting streak to 17 games. Freeman followed with a double and kept running to third on Yonathan Daza’s fielding error.

One out later, Alberto singled to drive in Freeman and put the Dodgers back in front 3-2.

It stayed that way until the sixth inning, when the Rockies chased Clayton Kershaw.

Rodgers started it with a one-out single to left and moved to third on a bloop single to right by Iglesias. Grichuk then lined a ball down the line in right for a two-run triple to put Colorado back in front.

Elias Diaz singled to left to bring home Grichuk and end Kershaw’s night. Caleb Ferguson came on and got Garrett Hampson to ground into an inning-ending double play.

Kershaw (7-3) allowed five runs — three earned — on eight hits and struck out three.

–Field Level Media