Dodgers drub Rockies in hail-delayed game

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Jun 29, 2023; Denver, Colorado, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter J.D. Martinez (28) celebrates his two run home run with left fielder David Peralta (6) and third baseman Max Muncy (13) in the fourth inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field.

Jun 29, 2023; Denver, Colorado, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter J.D. Martinez (28) celebrates his two run home run with left fielder David Peralta (6) and third baseman Max Muncy (13) in the fourth inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field.
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J.D. Martinez homered among his four hits and Jason Heyward had three hits as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 14-3 in Denver on Thursday night

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Martinez drove in four runs, Freddie Freeman and Max Muncy had two hits and three RBIs each and rookie Emmet Sheehan (2-0) allowed three runs in five innings for the Dodgers

Jurickson Profar had three hits for Colorado, and Elias Diaz knocked in all three runs with a sacrifice fly and a two-run single.

The game was delayed 1 hour, 50 minutes, by a strong storm that dropped several inches of hail at Coors Field three hours before the scheduled first pitch. The field and dugouts were covered by hail and water flowed down the visiting dugout stairs toward the clubhouse.

Los Angeles took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning on Martinez’s first RBI single, but the Rockies tied it in the bottom of the inning on Diaz’s sacrifice fly

Betts led off the third with his second double and scored on another Martinez single to make it 2-1. Colorado answered again in the bottom of the inning. Profar and Ezequiel Tovar led off with singles, Tovar stole second and both came home on a single by Diaz to give the Rockies a 3-2 lead

The Dodgers responded with a big fourth inning

Heyward led off with a double and starter Chase Anderson walked the next two batters to load the bases. Betts hit a sacrifice fly and Freeman singled to drive in another run and end Anderson’s night.

Muncy greeted reliever Peter Lambert with a two-run double and Martinez homered, his 19th, to cap a six-run inning and make it 8-3.

Anderson (0-3) allowed six runs on six hits and struck out six in 3 2/3 innings.

Los Angeles added more in the fifth. Heyward and James Outman singled and Betts walked to load the bases. Freeman followed with a two-run single and Muncy drove in another with a single to make it 11-3.

The Dodgers made it 12-3 in the sixth on Michael Vargas’ RBI triple, and they scored two more in the seventh on run-scoring singles by Jonny Deluca and Heyward

–Field Level Media

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