Emmet Sheehan, Teoscar Hernandez Lead Dodgers Past Rockies
Emmet Sheehan struck out nine over seven innings as the Dodgers won their third straight, extending their division lead to two games with 17 games remaining.
- On Tuesday night in Los Angeles, the Dodgers defeated the Colorado Rockies 7-2 with Emmet Sheehan pitching seven strong innings.
- The Rockies, struggling with a franchise-record 105 losses and seven defeats in eight games, faced Sheehan who took a perfect game into the sixth inning.
- Teoscar Hernandez hit two solo home runs, while Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman also homered, helping the Dodgers extend their NL West lead to two games over San Diego.
- Sheehan struck out nine batters, allowed three hits without a walk, earned his fourth win against Colorado, and Will Smith’s early double gave the Dodgers a lead they kept throughout the game.
- Meanwhile, the Padres lost 4-2 at home to Cincinnati, allowing the Dodgers to pull ahead in the division as the playoff race tightened with 17 games remaining.
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Teoscar Hernandez belts 2 homers as Dodgers top Rockies
Right-hander Emmet Sheehan took a no-hit bid into the sixth inning and Teoscar Hernandez hit a pair of home runs as the Los Angeles Dodgers earned a 7-2 victory over the visiting Colorado Rockies on Tuesday.
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Emmet Sheehan, Teoscar Hernandez lead Dodgers past Rockies
LOS ANGELES — Modest by recent standards, the Dodgers’ most recent no-hit bid merely leaked into the sixth inning on Tuesday. There was no ninth-inning drama like Saturday in Baltimore, when Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the bullpen fumbled away a chance at a victory. Tyler Glasnow built on the no-hit mania on Monday against the Colorado Rockies before Tanner Scott gave up the first hit in relief in the ninth. Right-hander Emmet Sheehan was the latest …
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