Series Recap: Colorado Rockies 6/1 - 6/3

The Dodgers split the four games against the Rockies. Here's how it went!

Record | 31-22

Monday | Win: The Dodgers beat the Rockies 11-4. Offensively, the team did well; especially in the sixth inning. Everyone in the starting lineup had one hit, at least. Adrian Gonzalez and Clayton Kershaw both had doubles and Andre Ethier had a triple. Andre Ethier, Jimmy Rollins, Joc Pederson and Howie Kendrick all had homeruns in this game. Andre Ethier, Jimmy Rollins, Kike Hernandez, Clayton Kershaw, Joc Pederson and Howie Kendrick had RBI's. Kike Hernandez was picked off and the team left eleven men on base.

Defensively, the team did pretty well. Joc Pederson had an outfield assist. Clayton Kershaw started the game and pitched seven innings. He gave up two runs, five hits, one homerun, one walk and struck out seven. He was awarded the win.

Tuesday (Game 1) | Loss: The Dodgers lost 6-3 in the first game of their double header. The offense wasn't as loud but it did okay. Alex Guerrero had a double while Joc Pederson hit another homerun. Joc Pederson and Adrian Gonzalez had RBI's; Adrian Gonzalez had a two-out RBI. The team left five men on base.

Defensively, the Dodgers did okay. Ian Thomas had an error. Juan Nicasio started the game and only pitched two innings. He gave up one run, three hits and struck out one. Ian Thomas pitched the next three innings and gave up four of the six runs; he was charged with the loss.

Tuesday (Game 2) | Win: The Dodgers won 9-8. The offense pushed hard to take the lead and win in this back and forth game. Joc Pederson hit a double while Kike Hernandez, Joc Pederson and Adrian Gonzalez hit homeruns. Alex Guerrero hit a two-out grand slam to take the lead in the ninth inning. Kike Hernandez, Joc Pederson, Adrian Gonzalez and Alex Guerrero all had RBI's; Joc Pederson and Alex Guerrero had two-out RBI's. Jimmy Rollins also had a stolen base. Andre Ethier grounded into a double play and the team left six men on base.

Defensively, the Dodgers fared well. The Dodgers turned two double plays; a 4-3 and a 1-6-3 double play. Zack Greinke started the game and pitched six innings. He gave up five runs, ten hits, one walk and struck out two. Josh Ravin pitched the last out of the eighth inning and was awarded the win. Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth inning and recorded the save; his fifth of the season.

Wednesday | Loss: The Dodgers lost to the Rockies 7-6. Offensively, the Dodgers did fairly well. Justin Turner, Alex Guerrero, and Adrian Gonzalez had doubles while Joc Pederson had a homerun; his fifth homerun in five games! Justin Turner, Adrian Gonzalez, Andre Ethier and Joc Pederson had RBI's; Joc had a two-out RBI. Joc Pederson was also hit by a pitch. Jimmy Rollins and Alex Guerrero grounded into double plays and the team left nine men on base.

Defensively, the Dodgers did well. Yasmani Grandal had a past ball. Mike Bolinger started the game and pitched five innings. He gave up four runs, six hits, one homerun, three walks, and struck out three. He also balked. Yimi Garcia pitched the ninth inning, didn't record an out, and was charged with the loss.

The Dodgers next series is against the Cardinals in Los Angeles.

Series Recap: Colorado Rockies 5/14 - 5/17

The Dodgers split their four game series with the Rockies 2-2. Here's how they did this weekend.

Record | 24-13

Thursday | Loss: The Dodgers lost to the Rockies 5-4. The weather was not the best throughout the game, and there was a one hour and twenty five minute rain delay that began at the top of the sixth inning. Offensively the team did fairly well, they just couldn't get ahead of the Rockies. Jimmy Rollins, Adrian Gonzalez, Andre Ethier, and Brett Anderson all had doubles. Adrian Gonzalez, Brett Anderson and Yasmani Grandal had RBI's; Grandal had a two-out RBI. Justin Turner had a stolen base while Adrian Gonzalez was caught stealing. The team left 10 men on base.

Defensively, the team did alright. Jimmy Rollins had a fielding error at shortstop. Brett Anderson started for the Dodgers he pitched 5.1 innings (up until the rain delay), gave up two runs, five hits, one homerun, one walk and struck out eight. Yimi Garcia, who pitched the ninth inning, gave up the other three runs and was given the loss.

Friday | Win: The Dodgers beat the Rockies 6-4; and Clayton Kershaw got his 100th career win! Justin Turner and Jimmy Rollins both had doubles, and Jimmy Rollins also had a homerun. Clayton Kershaw had a sacrifice bunt as well. Justin Turner, Andre Ethier, and Jimmy Rollins all had RBI's, Rollins had a two-out RBI. On the downside, Adrian Gonzalez and Jimmy Rollins both grounded into double plays. Howie Kendrick was also put out by Colorado Rockies starter, Eddie Butler. The Dodgers left 10 men on base.

Defensively, the Dodgers did fairly well. Yasmani Grandal had a passed ball. Clayton Kershaw started the game, he pitched 6.2 innings. He gave up three runs, four hits, three walks and struck out ten batters. Juan Nicasio pitched the final innning and recorded the save.

Saturday | Loss: The Dodgers lost to the Rockies 7-1 after coming off Kershaw's 100th career win. Offensively, the Dodgers were very quiet; scoring their only run in the ninth inning. Kike Hernandez and Jimmy Rollins both had double, the only extra base hits of the game. Justin Turner had the only RBI of the game. Howie Kendrick and Justin Turner both grounded into double plays.

Defensively, the Dodgers only had one error, but still gave up seven runs. Alex Guerrero had a fielding error. Zack Greinke started the game; he pitched six innings, giving up one run, four hits, one homerun, and struck out five. Sergio Santos came in and pitched two innings, he gave up five of the seven runs. Paco pitched the ninth and gave up the seventh run. Zack Greinke was still given the loss; snapping his undefeated record.

Sunday | Win: The Dodgers beat the Rockies 1-0. The offense was very quiet against the Rockies today. The only RBI was from Yasmani Grandal, with two outs. There were no extra base hits today. Justin Turner was caugh stealing today as well. The Dodgers left seven men on base

Defensively, the team did very well. Mike Bolsinger started for the Dodgers and pitched six innings. He gave up only three hits and two walks; he struck out six. Yimi Garcia, Chris Hatcher, and Kenley Jansen followed and closed out the game, all pitching an inning a piece.

The Dodgers next series is against the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco, starting Tuesday 5/19.

Series Recap: Colorado Rockies 5/8 - 5/10

The Dodgers had an interesting road trip in Colorado; playing only a game and a half with one of them being postponed entirely. 

Record | 20-10

Friday | Win (F/6): The Dodgers beat the Rockies 2-1, after 5.1 innings of play. The game was called due to rain. Offensively, the Dodgers did pretty well. Adrian Gonzalez had a double and Joc Pederson stole second base. Adrian Gonzalez and Yasmani Grandal both had RBI's and Grandal also had a sacrifice fly. Jimmy Rollins was caught stealing, Uribe grounded into a double play, and the team left five men on base.

Defensively, the Dodgers had one error by Alex Guerrero however the team also turned a 4-6-3 double play. Brett Anderson pitched all 5 innings and, technically, pitched a complete game. This complete game is the first of the 2015 season. He gave up one run, six hits, one walk and struck out one.

Saturday | Postponed: Saturday night's game was cancelled due to rain in Colorado. Instead, per the Dodgers, they will play a day-night double header, 12:10pm/5:40pm PT, in Colorado to make up the game.

Sunday | Win: The Dodgers beat the Rockies 9-5 after giving up five runs in the fourth inning. Offensively, the team did well; mostly after the fifth inning. Alex Guerrero and Adrian Gonzalez both had doubles while Justin Turner hit a two run homerun. Kike Hernandez, AJ Ellis, Adrian Gonzalez, Justin Turner and Howie Kendrick all had RBI's in this game; AJ Ellis' RBI was a two-out RBI. Ellis also had a sacrifice bunt while Gonzalez hit a sacrifice fly. Ellis also hit into double play and the team left eight men on base.

Defensively, the team faired well. There were no errors but balls were hit into gaps allowing the Rockies to score five runs off of starter Clayton Kershaw. Kershaw pitched 5.2 innings, gave up five runs, eight hits, four walks and struck out five batters. Baez came in after him, pitched 1.1 innings, gave up one hit and struck out one; he was also awarded the win.

The Dodgers next series is against the Miami Marlins in Los Angeles.