A late-game fusillade from the Dodgers offense papered over a questionable bullpen decision as the team overpowered the Rockies in an 8-5 victory at Coors Field. Chris Taylor cracked a solo home run in the ninth inning off Colorado closer Wade Davis to take the lead and Brian Dozier added a two-run blast to pad the advantage. The homer by Dozier was the fifth by the Dodgers in the game’s final three innings.
After six tidy innings, the game drifted toward mania in the seventh. The duo of Joc Pederson and Max Muncy came off the bench to swat a pair of solo home runs against Rockies reliever Scott Oberg.