Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Blake Snell throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani, left, scores on a double by Mookie Betts as Colorado Rockies catcher Braxton Fulford waits for the ball during the second inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Alex Vesia, right, celebrates after striking out Colorado Rockies’ Tyler Freeman, second from left, to end the top of the seventh inning of a baseball game as catcher Ben Rortvedt kneels at the plate Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Andy Pages, center, is tagged out by Colorado Rockies third baseman Kyle Karros, left, as second baseman Orlando Arcia backs him up after Pages was caught between second and third on a fielders choice by Ben Rortvedt during the fourth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Colorado Rockies center fielder Brenton Doyle makes a case ch on a ball hit by Los Angeles Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Blake Snell’s dominant 11-strikeout performance leads Dodgers over Rockies 9-0 for series sweep
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake Snell struck out a season-high 11 in six innings, Mookie Betts hit a grand slam in the eighth and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Colorado Rockies 9-0 on Wednesday night for their fourth straight win.
Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Blake Snell throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake Snell struck out a season-high 11 in six innings, Mookie Betts hit a grand slam in the eighth and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Colorado Rockies 9-0 on Wednesday night for their fourth straight win.
Helped by their third series sweep of the Rockies this season, the Dodgers increased their NL West lead to three games over San Diego, which lost 2-1 at home to Cincinnati.
Betts went 4 for 5 with five RBIs, capped by his seventh career slam on a 3-0 pitch from reliever Anthony Molina to make it 8-0. Andy Pages and Ben Rortvedt singled and Shohei Ohtani reached on catcher’s interference to load the bases.
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Teoscar Hernández followed with a solo shot off Angel Chivilli, his third homer in two games.
Betts’ two-out RBI double highlighted a four-run second against Rockies starter Kyle Freeland (4-15). The left-hander gave up four runs and nine hits in 5 2/3 innings with five strikeouts.
Snell (4-4) allowed singles to Tyler Freeman and Hunter Goodman plus two walks in ending a personal three-game skid with his first win since Aug. 16. It was a big bounceback from the left-hander’s last start in which he gave up nine hits and five runs over five innings at Pittsburgh last week. The two-time Cy Young Award winner has 124 strikeouts in 14 career starts against the Rockies.
Dodgers catcher Will Smith was scratched minutes before the game with right hand soreness. It’s the fifth game he’s missed since taking a foul ball off his hand on Sept. 3.
Key moment
After Dodgers reliever Michael Kopech loaded the bases with three straight walks with one out in the seventh, Alex Vesia came in and struck out pinch-hitter Mickey Moniak and Freeman to end the threat.
Key stat
In the last five games, Dodgers starters in the first five innings have allowed a total of three hits.
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Up next
Rockies RHP McCade Brown (0-3, 12.54 ERA) starts Thursday at San Diego against RHP Randy Vasquez (4-6, 3.91).
After a day off, Dodgers RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-8, 2.72 ERA) starts Friday at San Francisco against RHP Justin Verlander (3-10, 4.09).
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