For most of Monday night, the Dodgers looked like a team waiting for the moment to arrive. When it finally did, it came all at once. A four‑run eruption in the bottom of the seventh turned a tight, uneasy game into a 5–3 win over the Colorado Rockies at UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium, giving Los Angeles its 34th victory of the season and another comeback to add to an already long list.
The early innings belonged to Colorado. The Rockies struck first in the fourth, piecing together a pair of runs behind a Willi Castro single and a sacrifice fly from Ezequiel Tovar. When Tovar added a solo homer in the seventh, Colorado’s lead stretched to 3–1, and the Dodgers’ offense still hadn’t found its footing.
But the seventh inning changed everything.
Shohei Ohtani opened the rally by scoring on a ringing double from Freddie Freeman, slicing the deficit to one. Andy Pages followed with a clean single to center, bringing Freeman home and tying the game as the stadium finally came alive. Moments later, Mookie Betts lifted a sacrifice fly to left, scoring Hyeseong Kim and giving the Dodgers their first lead since the third inning.
Ohtani then forced a fielder’s choice that brought Will Smith across the plate, completing the four‑run frame and flipping the game on its head.
From there, the Dodgers’ bullpen handled the rest. Colorado never mounted another serious push, and Los Angeles closed out a win built on patience, pressure, and one perfectly timed offensive surge.
It wasn’t the smoothest night — the Dodgers spent much of the game chasing momentum — but when the moment arrived, they seized it with the kind of precision and force that has defined their season. One inning was all they needed, and one inning was more than enough.
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Sources
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- Dodger Blue
- USA TODAY Sports Scores and Odds Hub