![]() ![]() “He was able to throw his sides but he was low energy,” Roberts said. Roberts seemed delighted to coax any effort from the 26-year-old pitcher. He walked two batters and struck out four. Grove was charged with three runs, all earned, in four innings. The Rockies scored once more before the inning was over. Harold Castro belted Almonte’s first pitch to right field, scoring two runs and giving the Rockies a 3-2 lead. He actually exited the game with a 2-1 lead in the fifth inning, but consecutive walks followed by an Elias Diaz double ended his night and left Yency Almonte (1-0) with two runners in scoring position. Grove was in line for a loss in his 2023 debut until the Dodgers’ big two-out rally. “I was feeling OK, just more weak than anything. “I got on some antibiotics (Sunday night), woke up this morning, called and said, yeah, I’m going to give it a shot as long as everything holds,” Grove said. ![]() They scored eight and 10 runs in their two wins against the Arizona Diamondbacks and only one run in each of their two losses. The Dodgers’ 13 runs and 13 hits were both season highs. It felt good to put up a big number tonight.” ![]() I think we just had good at-bats and took advantage of mistakes. “It felt like we were going to have to single our way to a win. “It kind of had the feel of a low-scoring game when it started,” Taylor said. Will Smith and Chris Taylor also hit home runs into a whipping wind, and James Outman became the first Dodger to hit two triples in a game in seven years. Four straight hits led to seven runs against the former UCLA standout, capped by Jason Heyward’s first home run as a Dodger. Valencia native Jake Bird took over on the mound, and the floodgates opened. Rockies starter Ryan Feltner (0-1) was one out away from leaving in line for a win when he loaded the bases on two walks and a double by Freddie Freeman. Most of the Dodgers’ runs in their 13-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies scored with two outs in the fifth inning. On a cold and windy Monday night at Dodger Stadium, they feasted. LOS ANGELES ― Five days into the new season, the Dodgers’ offense has demonstrated a feast-or-famine quality. ![]()
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