Michael Conforto and Shohei Ohtani each delivered key home runs as the National League West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers overcame an early deficit to defeat the Colorado Rockies 9-7 on Tuesday night at Coors Field. The win marked Los Angeles’s 11th comeback victory in June and kept them atop the division standings.
The Dodgers fell behind 2-0 before responding with a six-run outburst in the fourth inning. The rally was highlighted by Conforto’s three-run home run off Rockies starter Germán Márquez. The long ball, driven over the right-field fence on a knuckle-curve, shifted momentum in favor of Los Angeles and gave the team a 3-2 lead they would not relinquish.
Ohtani extended the Dodgers’ lead in the sixth inning with a two-run home run to left field, his 27th of the season. Though he finished the game 1-for-5 with a strikeout, the homer marked the 300th of his professional career when combining his totals from Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball, based on data from Baseball Reference.
Colorado narrowed the gap in the eighth inning when Jordan Beck hit a two-run double, trimming the deficit to one run. However, the Dodgers added a crucial insurance run in the top of the ninth courtesy of Teoscar Hernández, whose RBI double pushed the score to 9-7. Closer Tanner Scott recorded his 16th save by inducing a game-ending double play.
Los Angeles used a tandem approach on the mound. Justin Wrobleski earned the win, improving to 3-2 after pitching five innings of relief behind opener Jack Dreyer. Wrobleski allowed two runs and struck out seven. The Dodgers’ pitching staff contained the Rockies’ late-inning threats and withstood several defensive miscues from the home team.
Rockies first baseman Michael Toglia had a difficult night defensively, committing two errors and making an errant throw in the fourth inning, which allowed multiple runs to score. Despite the struggles in the field, Toglia was productive at the plate, recording three doubles and driving in two runs.
Márquez was charged with the loss, which dropped Colorado to 3-9 on the season. He gave up six runs, though only four were earned, across four innings. The loss continued a troubling trend for Colorado, which dropped to 18-61 overall and 8-30 at home. The Rockies remain without consecutive home wins this season and have struggled to generate consistency at Coors Field.
The game also featured a defensive highlight for the Dodgers in the first inning. Third baseman Max Muncy made a barehanded pickup on a slow roller to retire Thairo Estrada at first base, preventing a run from scoring. The original safe call was overturned upon review, preserving a scoreless inning for Los Angeles.
Looking ahead, the Dodgers will turn to right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-6, 2.76 ERA) for Wednesday’s matchup, while the Rockies are expected to start right-hander Chase Dollander (2-7, 6.19 ERA). According to betting odds, the Dodgers are heavy road favorites at -230, with the Rockies at +190. The over/under for total runs is set at 11.