DENVER -- After Nolan Arenado and Trevor Story powered consecutive seventh-inning home runs in the long-decided 12-0 victory over the Nationals on Sunday afternoon, a Coors Field sellout crowd of 47,833 delivered a soundtrack and a plea:
"Beat L.A.! Beat L.A.!" the chant went, the hope within the words ringing in the Rockies' ears as they head out for a Game 163 showdown on Monday at Dodger Stadium (2:09 p.m. MT on ESPN).
Game 162 featured a Charlie Blackmon cycle -- the ninth in club history and 18th at Coors.