Dodgers Beat Rockies 2-1 on Mookie Betts’ Walk-Off Infield Single

The lesser of the Dodgers lineup came through over again in the 9th inning.

Afterward manufacturing the game-tying run in the 7th, it was once once more the bottom three hitters who set the phase in the ninth inning for the Dodgers 2-one walk-off win against the Colorado Rockies.

Subsequently a perfect 9th inning from Craig Kimbrel kept the score tied, Cody Bellinger hit a leadoff single in the 9th and then went to third on a base hit by Gavin Lux.

In the next at-bat, pinch-hitter Will Smith walked to load the bases.

That prepare Mookie Betts for a game-winning infield single on a bouncing ball upward the middle the Rockies’ 5-man infield could non turn into an out.

The Dodgers complete a three-game sweep of the Rockies and are now 52-29.

Final: Dodgers 2, Rockies ane

The Dodgers lost a challenge in the seventh inning.

Notwithstanding, they all the same rallied to tie the game.

Despite failing to get a tag play overturned at second base of operations, leaving them with nobody on and ii outs in the inning, the lesser of the Dodgers’ lineup responded.

Cody Bellinger and Gavin Lux hit back-to-back singles. Then, after Rockies starter José Ureña was replaced by reliever Jake Bird, Austin Barnes was hit past a pitch to load the bases.

That brought Mookie Betts to the plate. He fell backside 1-and-2. But so Bird threw a curveball that got by catcher Brian Serven, rolling simply far enough away to allow Bellinger to score from third with a head first slide.

Betts grounded out two pitches later to retire the side.

Notwithstanding, Mitch White is at present off the hook for the loss afterwards his v 2/3 inning, 1 run (which was unearned) start.

Stop 7th: Tied 1-1

For 99 pitches, Mitch White did not requite upward a hit.

On pitch No. 100, he gave upwardly a hit — and a run.

After 5 one/3 hitless innings, White walked Kris Bryant with ane out in the sixth, his 4th walk of the night.

In the side by side at-bat, Brendan Rodgers sent a flare to centre that dropped in front of Cody Bellinger for the Rockies first hitting. Bellinger then threw to third, trying to Bryant, but the 1-hopped deflected off Justin Turner and ricocheted over White’s head, backing him up.

The ball went into the camera well, allowing a run to score and the Rockies to take the game’s first lead.

White got one more out earlier being removed from the game after an MLB career-long 5 2/iii inning start.

He was met with a prissy ovation coming off the mound.

Top 6th: Rockies lead 1-0

Mitch White is through five hitless innings for the Dodgers, and is on the verge of making some personal history if he returns to the mound in the sixth.

White has never before taken an MLB start into the sixth inning (although he has pitch 7 i/3 innings of bulk relief in one case).

Tonight, he appears primed to do so — and perhaps in historic way, having even so not allowed a striking through five innings.

White has given up three walks, but also has six strikeouts. He’s thrown 83 pitches so far, already his most in a large-league outing this flavor.

Mid 5th: No score

Mitch White’s latest cameo in the Dodgers starting rotation is off to a skillful start, with the correct-hander through two scoreless and hitless innings on just 31 pitches.

The Dodgers lineup couldn’t produce anything the first fourth dimension through the order, however.

In the first inning, Trea Turner walked and Freddie Freeman singled but both were left stranded.

In the 2nd, Jake Lamb and Gavin Lux each drew a walk only the Dodgers again couldn’t capitalize.

Terminate 2nd: No score

Let’southward play build a bullpen. The Dodgers planned on populating theirs at some point with these relievers, veterans all:

Blake Treinen, Daniel Hudson, Caleb Ferguson, Jimmy Nelson, Victor González, Danny Duffy and Tommy Kahnle.

Today they all populate the injured list.

Figure in the three starters out with injuries — Walker Buehler, Dustin May and Andrew Heaney — and information technology’s flabbergasting that the Dodgers still boast the best pitching in the National League.

By far.

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At that place was no mention of the month Clayton Kershaw spent on the injured listing or how he hasn’t pitched a sufficient number of innings to qualify to be on the earned-run average leaderboard.

In the view of Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes, this was a no-brainer: Kershaw should pitch in the All-Star Game.

“I don’t think in that location’south anybody more deserving to pitch an All-Star Game in Dodger Stadium,” Barnes said.

Baseball can make information technology happen. Baseball should brand it happen.

In fact, National League manager Brian Snitker should take it a step further and designate Kershaw the starter.

Baseball has a adventure to manufacture a moment in what is mostly an unscripted theater, and what better moment can there be than the 34-twelvemonth-one-time Kershaw making his showtime All-Star start at home in what could exist the final flavor of his Hall of Fame career?

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