Rockies no-hit by Ohtani for six innings as Dodgers complete sweep

Rockies Report, Game 57:

ROCKIES BOTTOM LINE: Shohei Ohtani confounded the Rockies, no-hitting them for six innings, and the Rockies didn’t finally get a hit until Tyler Freeman’s two-out single in the eighth inning as they closed out a 1-7 road swing in dispiriting fashion by a 4-1 count at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday night.

Ohtani, Will Klein and Tanner Scott combined to no-hit the Rockies for 7 2/3 innings before Freeman finally allowed them to avoid being on the business end of a no-no for the first time since Clayton Kershaw wiped them out on June 18, 2014.

“We couldn’t find the barrel tonight,” Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer said. “I thought we made him work.”

Indeed, thhe Rockies scratched out a run at Ohtani’s expense in the fourth inning after TJ Rumfield worked an eight-pitch leadoff walk, followed by three more balls — the last of which plunked Hunter Goodman. Ground-ball outs by Troy Johnston and Willi Castro worked Rumfield home to slice a run off the Dodgers’ advantage. Overall, the Rockies worked four walks off of Ohtani over his six innings.

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But the Dodgers matched that run thanks to three-straight two-out hits in the bottom of the fourth. Andy Pages added onto that with a solo blast in the eighth at the expense of Antonio Senzatela, which was just the second home run surrendered by the starter-turned-reliever in 16 appearances this season.

As mentioned on the Rockies’ television broadcast, Ohtani became the fifth player in the modern era and the first since 1971 to throw six no-hit innings and hit a home run in the same game.

Colorado fell to 20-37 and was swept for the fourth time this year.

“We could have won the first game. Had an opportunity to win tonight, tight game. Yesterday, blowout,” Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer said. “It gets kind of tiring to say, ‘We could have won this game.’ In Arizona, same deal — could have won a couple of games there. But that’s where we’re at. We’re learning right now. We’re close to getting over the hump. But I thought we played hard.”

ROCKIES STARTER’S REPORT

Tomoyuki Sugano needed to be virtually flawless to match Ohtani, and three pitches into his work, that possibility sailed away, as Ohtani got a hold of a fastball in the upper outside corner of the strike zone and clobbered it 424 feet over the center-field fence, giving the Dodgers a lead they would never relinquish. Two batters later, Freddie Freeman got a hold of a curveball that caught the outside of the zone for the second home run of the inning.

“It was two solo homers in the first inning. It was a fastball away to arguably the best hitter in the world, that he hit out of the ballpark, and then Freeman — who is a pretty dang good hitter, too — a curveball down off the plate, you’ve just gotta tip your hat to that,” Schaeffer said.

“After that, I thought Tomo settled in nicely.”

Sugano rallied and allowed just one run after the two homers, as the Dodgers got six hits and a walk at his expense over 4 2/3 innings. He kept the game close. But with scant offensive support, Sugano fell to 4-4.

BITS AND PIECES

IT WAS DECIDED FOR THE ROCKIES WHEN: Pages tacked another run onto the Dodgers’ lead with his solo homer to lead off the bottom of the eighth.

NUMBER TO NOTE: .216 — The Rockies’ batting average on their now-completed eight-game road trip.

WHAT’S NEXT: A flight home and a day off before a quick three-game homestand against the San Francisco Giants this weekend. Michael Lorenzen will try and reverse his lagging home form; Logan Webb gets the nod for the Giants. First pitch is set for 6:40 p.m. MDT on Friday night.

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