Mookie Betts delivered a go-ahead single in the eighth inning and Kyle Tucker drove in two runs as the Los Angeles Dodgers pulled off a 4-3 victory over the visiting Colorado Rockies on Wednesday.

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Roki Sasaki rebounded from a shaky outing last week to allow three runs over six innings as the Dodgers managed to win two of three in the series despite seeing early leads erased in all three games. Los Angeles improved to 21-3 at home against Colorado since 2023.

Edgardo Henriquez (4-0) recorded one out to earn the win, and Tanner Scott pitched a perfect ninth inning for his 13th save.

In his first career start and second appearance, Colorado’s Gabriel Hughes allowed three runs over six innings, and he retired 16 of the last 17 batters he faced. Kyle Karros and Edouard Julien homered for the Rockies, who played a trio of one-run games against Los Angeles.

Karros and Julien both went deep in the second inning, cutting the Rockies’ deficit to 3-2. It was Karros’ eighth of the season and second ever at Dodger Stadium, where his father, Eric Karros, holds the ballpark record with 130 homers.

Colorado pulled even in the third inning when Brett Sullivan walked and ultimately scored on a sacrifice fly by Mickey Moniak.

The Rockies missed out on a chance to take the lead in the eighth inning when they had runners on second and third with no outs and the bases loaded with one out. TJ Rumfield struck out against Alex Vesia, and Karros flied out against Henriquez.

Edman and Freeman hit one-out singles in the bottom of the eighth off Antonio Senzatela (8-1) before Betts provided the tiebreaking hit.

Padres demolish Diamondbacks

Luis Campusano homered while Miguel Andujar collected three doubles as the San Diego Padres tied their season high for runs in a 10-4 rout of the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday.

Michael King (6-7) pitched six solid innings for the Padres, allowing four hits and a run while walking two and fanning four. It marked the first time that San Diego won consecutive games since a four-game stretch from June 22-26.

Diamondbacks rookie Jose Cabrera (0-2) yielded four runs and four hits over 4 1/3 innings with two walks and two strikeouts.

The Padres scored in five consecutive innings, finishing with a total of 13 hits while adding three stolen bases. Everyone but cleanup hitter Gavin Sheets contributed a hit, and all but Sheets and Jake Cronenworth had an RBI. Campusano, Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jackson Merrill each bagged two hits.

Arizona initiated the scoring in the top of the first on a two-out double by Gabriel Moreno that brought home Ildemaro Vargas. San Diego equalized in the third on Merrill’s infield out that scored Sung-Mun Song.

Campusano led off a four-run sixth with his fourth homer of the year, a 406-foot shot to left-center. Song, Tatis and Merrill added RBI singles later in the inning.

Tommy Troy cracked a two-run homer in the top of the seventh for Arizona, his fourth of the year. The Padres answered with two in their half of the seventh on Andujar’s RBI double and Jase Bowen’s RBI single.

Arizona’s Max Kepler capped the scoring in the eighth with a double to the gap in right-center, plating Corbin Carroll.

Angels end
seven-game skid, defeat Rangers

Jo Adell hit two home runs and drove in a career-high five runs as the Los Angeles Angels snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 13-1 rout of the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night in Arlington, Tex.

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Vaughn Grissom had four hits and four RBIs and Mike Trout homered in his return off the injured list as well for the Angels.

It was the 10th multi-home run game of Adell’s career. Zach Neto went 3-for-5 with two doubles and three runs scored. Denzer Guzman doubled and had two hits. Jose Siri had two hits and an RBI. Josh Lowe also scored twice for Los Angeles, which finished with 15 hits.

Trout, sidelined since June 18 with a right hamstring injury, went 1-for-4 with a walk and two RBIs and two runs scored while playing DH.

Samy Natera Jr. (1-0) picked up his first major league victory in relief of Walbert Urena, striking out five of the six batters he faced during two perfect innings. Urena gave up only a third-inning single to left by Josh Smith, who was thrown out at second by Lowe trying to stretch it into a double.

The Angels then broke the game open with a four-run fifth inning, highlighted by a 433-foot three-run homer to left-center by Adell.

Grissom extended the lead to 9-0 in the sixth with a two-run double. Trout, celebrating the 15-year anniversary of his major league debut, made it 11-0 with a two-run homer in the eighth, a 438-foot drive to left.

Twins’ Roden delivers walk-off hit vs. Guardians

Alan Roden delivered the game-winning hit in the bottom of the ninth inning in his season debut, lifting the Minnesota Twins to a 6-5 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday in Minneapolis.

Roden finished 2-for-5 with two RBIs one day after Minnesota promoted him from Triple-A Saint Paul. Kody Clemens went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI for the Twins, who increased their winning streak to four games.

Brayan Rocchio homered and drove in three runs for the Guardians, who took their fourth loss in a row. Rhys Hoskins added a solo home run.

Twins reliever Yoendrys Gomez (1-0) earned the victory with a scoreless inning of relief. Gomez notched his 10th save one night earlier as the Twins won the series opener 3-1.

Roden provided the heroics on the ninth pitch of his at-bat with two outs in the ninth. He ripped a deep line drive off the wall in right-center field to score Royce Lewis for the win. Clemens walked leading off the inning, Alex Jackson singled with two outs, and Luke Keaschall walked to load the bases and bring up Roden.

Cleveland started the scoring with three runs in the top of the fourth.

Chase DeLauter led off the inning with a single, and Rocchio followed two pitches later with a two-run, 401-foot homer to left. Two pitches after that, Hoskins belted a 383-foot solo shot to left to make it 3-0.

Minnesota responded with three runs in the bottom of the fourth to even the score.

The Twins loaded the bases with no outs for Lewis, who drew a walk to bring home the team’s first run. Keaschall drove in the second run with a sacrifice fly to center, and Roden made it 3-all with an RBI single to center in the next at-bat.

The Guardians regained the lead with two runs in the seventh.

DeLauter started the scoring with an RBI single to right to drive in Kahlil Watson. Rocchio made it 5-3 as he laid down a sacrifice bunt and Steven Kwan sprinted home.

Erratic pitching cost the Guardians in the bottom of the seventh. Reliever Erik Sabrowski issued back-to-back walks with the bases loaded, to Brooks Lee and Clemens, allowing the Twins to even the score at 5-all.

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