Rockies claw back from 6-1 deficit, but can’t close it out, fall to Dodgers in extras

Rockies Report, Game 92:

ROCKIES BOTTOM LINE: Cole Carrigg’s two-out, two-RBI double in the top of the ninth capped a Colorado rally from a 6-1 deficit, but the Dodgers had just enough to eke out an 8-7, 11-inning win over the Rockies at Dodger Stadium on Monday night.

Carrigg’s heroics ensured that the Rockies would force extra innings, but in a two-inning smallball duel, the Dodgers got the better of Colorado.

Tyler Freeman advanced Carrigg to third base thanks to a leadoff sacrifice bunt in the 10th, then Carrigg scored when Jake McCarthy hit a grounder to first base, and the rookie beat Freddie Freeman’s throw home to Dodgers to put the Rox in front. But Los Angeles responded in the bottom of the inning, as Freddie Freeman’s leadoff groundout off Brennan Bernardino moved Andy Pages to third, and then Pages scored when second baseman Edouard Julien couldn’t field Mookie Betts’ grounder up the middle.

Julien’s error opened the door for the Dodgers to seize the win. Five pitches later, Kyle Tucker dropped a single to shallow center field, moving Betts to second base.

Schaeffer than relieved Bernardino in favor of Jimmy Herget, who fell behind Teoscar Hernández 3-0, but then snared a line drive in his glove, allowing him to double off Tucker, who had traipsed too far from the bag.

It was then on to the 11th inning, which went askew for the Rockies and ended with Hunter Goodman hitting into a 1-4-3 double play. Herget returned for the ninth inning and issued an intentional walk to Max Muncy. Edman sacrificed the runners to second and third base, and with first base open, Herget pitched to catcher Dalton Rushing — a decision made by Shohei Ohtani looming in the on-deck circle. Rushing then dribbled a grounder below the glove of the diving Willi Castro, sealing the Rockies’ fate.

The extra-innings doings capped an evening that saw the Rockies fall behind 6-1, and still trail 6-3 heading into the ninth inning.

But as is their wont, the Rockies crawled back in the ninth inning at the expense of Dodgers closer Tanner Scott.

With one out in the ninth and a 6-3 deficit, Tovar drew a five-pitch walk. Castro subsequently singled, and then Kyle Karros drove a line-drive double to the right-center-field wall, scoring Tovar and moving Castro to third base.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts ordered an intentional walk to Goodman, loading the bases. Scott then struck out first baseman TJ Rumfield on three pitches, but Carrigg then delivered his clutch double. Antonio Senzatela then got the Rockies to the 10th inning, successfully working around Max Muncy’s leadoff single.

But that wasn’t enough.

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Colorado fell to 37-55.

ROCKIES STARTER’S REPORT

Kyle Freeland escaped without damage to his win-loss ledger, but the Dodgers knocked him around for the second time this season over the course of his five-inning, 72-pitch night.

Shohei Ohtani inflicted much of the damage on Freeland, putting the Dodgers on the board with a third-inning homer before adding a 2-RBI single in the fourth inning, part of Los Angeles’ four-run fourth that increased its lead to 6-1.

BITS AND PIECES

IT WAS DECIDED FOR THE ROCKIES WHEN: Rushing’s ground ball snuck just under a diving Castro, scoring the decisive 11th-inning run.

NUMBER TO NOTE: 11 — Consecutive games lost by the Rockies at Dodger Stadium.

WHAT’S NEXT: Michael Lorenzen gets the ball for the Rockies; Justin Wrobleski will start for the Dodgers. First pitch Tuesday night will be at 8:10 p.m. MDT.

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