Carlos Gonzalez threw his hands in the air, not in a “yes!” kind of celebration, but a “c’mon” shrug of exasperation. His line drive off Dodgers left-hander Alex Wood in the sixth inning Saturday left a smoke trail, a 107.5 mph bolt off the bat.
But straight at the first baseman. A line out. And before Nolan Arenado could twitch, he was doubled off the bag. The Rockies, just that quickly, are in danger of giving up first place.
The Dodgers gnawed at Colorado starter Tyler Anderson with an unlikely but mighty home run from call-up Brett Eibner and the Rockies whiffed through six innings of frustrated hitting in Los Angeles’ 4-0 victory in front of 43,534 fans on the first hot-weather night in LoDo.