Dodgers 5, Rockies 3: After early frustration, a 4-run 7th provides a late comeback win - Dodgers Digest

The Dodgers faced Tanner Gordon and created multiple early scoring chances but produced only one run. Shohei Ohtani doubled to start the game and remained stranded, and the team went quiet in the second. In the third, Hyeseong Kim singled and Enrique Hernandez doubled to score, giving Los Angeles a 1-0 lead. The Dodgers stranded runners again in the fourth and fifth. Emmet Sheehan struck out the first two batters but allowed singles in the second and third. In the fourth, a comebacker hit his throwing arm, and he surrendered a run on a groundball single and another on a sacrifice fly, putting the Rockies ahead 2-1. After that, the Dodgers rallied in the seventh to take the lead and the bullpen secured a 5-3 victory to open the homestand.

"Facing Tanner Gordon, the Dodgers had a bunch of chances to cash in runs early on, but ended up taking only one of them. That started immediately as Shohei Ohtani led off with a double but didn't move, and they then went quietly in the 2nd. In the 3rd, Hyeseong Kim led off with a single, and Enrique Hernandez made his glorious return with a double down the line in left to score him and give the Dodgers a 1-0 lead. Shohei then stood as a statue to walk as they basically intentionally passed him, and that move paid off after a flyout and double play ended the threat just like that."

"The Dodgers got right back to it in the 4th, as a lead-off double and a one-out Teoscar Hernandez single and steal of second were left stranded there to deepen frustration. Not as bad, but an infield single to start the 5th was also left there as well, and that was all for Gordon. On the other end, Emmet Sheehan started out looking dominant, striking out the first two batters he faced on six pitches. He did hit the next batter before getting out of the 1st, but then gave up just a two-out single in the 2nd and a lead-off single in the 3rd."

"The 4th proved problematic, as a lead-off double was followed by a comebacker at 104 MPH that hit Emmet in the throwing arm for a single that cornered things with nobody out. Somehow he stayed in the game, but gave up a groundball single to Willi Castro for a run and then gave up the lead when Ezequiel Tovar hit a sac fly. 2-1 Rockies. Sheehan then gave up just a walk (and got a caught stealing) in the next eight batters he faced, as he se"

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