Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani (17) bumps his head with first base coach/infield coach Chris Woodward (84) after hitting a single during the first inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in Los Angeles, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts hit a two-run homer, Shohei Ohtani also went deep and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Colorado 5-3 on Monday night, sending the major league-worst Rockies to their fourth straight loss.
The Rockies have dropped six of seven, but they scored for the first time since last Thursday on Kyle Farmer’s RBI double in the sixth. They were outscored 16-0 in three losses to San Diego last weekend and have just three wins so far while losing nine of 10 on the road.
Dustin May (1-1) got his first victory since May 6, 2023, allowing one run and three hits in six innings. He struck out seven and walked none. Tanner Scott pitched the ninth for his fifth save.
Betts' fourth homer of the season made it 2-0 in the first. Ohtani hit his fifth homer leading off the fifth, a 408-foot shot to center field. Will Smith had an RBI single in the fifth, and his bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the sixth made it 5-1.
Colorado closed to 5-3 in the seventh on Hunter Goodman's two-run homer off Anthony Banda.
Antonio Senzatela (0-3) gave up four runs and nine hits in 4 1/3 innings.
Key stat
The top of the Dodgers' lineup carried the offense. Ohtani, Betts, Freddie Freeman and Smith were a combined 9 for 17 with five runs, five RBIs and one walk. The Dodgers had just three strikeouts.
Key moment
Dodgers reliever Kirby Yates put the potential tying and go-ahead runs on base with two outs in the eighth on a double by Farmer and a walk to Ryan McMahon. Yates induced a groundout to first by Michael Toglia that Freeman briefly bobbled before ending the inning. Scott had runners at the corners in the ninth before getting the final two outs.
Up next
Rockies RHP Ryan Feltner (0-0, 2.81 ERA) starts against Dodgers RHP Landon Knack (1-0, 10.38) on Jackie Robinson Day around the majors Tuesday.
Colorado Rockies' Hunter Goodman hits a two-run home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
Colorado Rockies shortstop Ezequiel Tovar, top, turns a double play over a sliding Los Angeles Dodgers' Freddie Freeman (5) during the first inning of a baseball game in Los Angeles, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
Colorado Rockies' Nick Martini celebrates after scoring on an RBI double by Kyle Farmer during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Dustin May delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in Los Angeles, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Antonio Senzatela delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, right, celebrates after his solo home run with third base coach Dino Ebel, left, during the third inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in Los Angeles, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Enrique Hernández, top, turns a double play over the slide by Zac Veen during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Los Angeles, Monday, April 14, 2025. Adael Amador was out at first. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
Colorado Rockies' Hunter Goodman celebrates his two-run home run in the dugout during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
We use cookies to improve your experience on our site. By using our site, you consent to our policies
Functional
Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
