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Betts Delivers in Eighth as Dodgers Edge Rockies
9 Jul
Summary
- Mookie Betts' single in the eighth inning secured a 4-3 Dodgers victory.
- Both starters, Sasaki and Hughes, faced early shakiness before settling in.
- The Dodgers took two out of three games in the series against the Rockies.
The Los Angeles Dodgers secured a narrow 4-3 victory against the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night, clinching the series win. Mookie Betts' clutch RBI single in the eighth inning proved to be the game-deciding moment. Initially, both starting pitchers, Roki Sasaki for the Dodgers and Gabriel Hughes for the Rockies, experienced early difficulties. Hughes allowed three runs in the first inning, while Sasaki surrendered solo home runs and allowed the Rockies to tie the game by the third inning.
Hughes, in his first Major League start, allowed a run on a wild pitch and two more on a Kyle Tucker single. However, he settled down to retire 15 consecutive batters from the first inning until the eighth. Sasaki also found his rhythm after a shaky start, enduring home runs and walks to ultimately deliver a quality start by retiring 12 batters in a row across the fifth and sixth innings, escaping a bases-loaded jam in the fourth.
