The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Colorado Rockies 11-4 behind an early offensive surge and balanced lineup production. Alex Call went 4-for-5 with three runs and two RBIs, including a first-inning home run and multiple key singles. Shohei Ohtani extended his National League lead with his 44th home run. Freddie Freeman, Teoscar Hernández, Miguel Rojas, Buddy Kennedy and Andy Pages each contributed hits, and every Dodgers starter recorded at least one hit. Emmet Sheehan pitched effectively for much of his outing but surrendered a pair of two-run homers, one in the fourth and another in his final inning.
The Dodgers got started early when Will Smith walked with one out in the first inning, and then Freddie Freeman and Teoscar Hernández each followed with a pair of two-out doubles to make it 2-0. Call opened the second inning with his first home run as a Dodger that opened it up to 3-0. With two outs in the inning, Shohei Ohtani made it 4-0 with his National League-leading 44th home run of the season.
Call drove in another run in the third inning with a two-out single to drive in Freeman. The Dodgers' first baseman previously reached on a single and advanced to scoring position on another single from Hernández. Miguel Rojas then continued the singles party to make it 6-0, and Buddy Kennedy joined in with his first hit with the Dodgers to put them up 7-0 and drive in Call.
The Dodgers scored three more runs in the seventh inning to give them 10 for the game. Andy Pages and Call both singled before Pages ended up scoring on a passed ball. Alex Freeland took a walk and Ohtani hit into a fielder's choice to drive another run in, and Smith capped off the inning with another RBI single. For good measure, the Dodgers added on one more in the ninth off another RBI single from Smith. He drove in Rojas, who reached on a leadoff walk.
Call finished his night 4-for-5 with three runs and two RBI, also finishing a triple shy of the cycle. Every Dodgers' starter had a hit in the game, and with Freeland drawing a walk, every Dodgers' player to take an at-bat ended up reaching base. Emmet Sheehan shows mixed results for Dodgers Sheehan was strong throughout his outing, but got beat on a pair of two-run homers. The first came in the fourth inning off the bat of Brenton Doyle to make it 7-2. The second homer Sheehan allowed came during his final inning, when Kyle Karros slugged his first career h
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