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Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Roki Sasaki throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Wednesday, July 8, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo\/Mark J. Terrill)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

LOS ANGELES \u2014 Mookie Betts singled in the go-ahead run with two strikes in the eighth inning, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night in the series finale.<\/p>

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Betts ended the nine-pitch at-bat with his hit to center off Rockies reliever Antonio Senzatela (8-1) that scored Tommy Edman, who singled and moved to third on Freddie Freeman\u2019s double.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers took two of three to prevent Colorado from winning its first series at Dodger Stadium since August 2021.<\/p>\n

The Rockies loaded the bases against reliever Alex Vesia in the eighth, but Edgardo Henriquez (4-0) came in and got Karros to fly out for the third out.<\/p>\n

Tanner Scott retired the side in the ninth to earn his 13th save.<\/p>\n

Colorado\u2019s Gabriel Hughes had a rough first inning in his first major league start. The 24-year-old right-hander gave up three runs, with Tommy Edman singling and scoring on Hughes\u2019 wild pitch and a two-run RBI single by Kyle Tucker.<\/p>\n

Hughes then settled down and retired 15 consecutive batters before Max Muncy\u2019s double in the sixth. The Alaska native retired Shohei Ohtani three times, including a strikeout. Ohtani struck out a second time in the eighth on his bobblehead night after homering in the first two games of the series.<\/p>

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The Rockies answered with three runs to tie it at 3.<\/p>\n

Kyle Karros and Edouard Julien hit solo shots off Dodgers starter Roki Sasaki in the second. Brett Sullivan walked, took second on Sasaki\u2019s wild pitch, moved to third on a groundout and scored on Mickey Moniak\u2019s sacrifice fly in the third.<\/p>\n

Sasaki gave up three runs and four hits in six innings. He struck out five and walked one.<\/p>\n

Rockies: RHP Ryan Feltner (3-2, 4.27 ERA) starts Thursday against San Francisco LHP Robbie Ray (8-6, 3.45).<\/p>\n

Dodgers: After an off day for Los Angeles, Ohtani (8-2, 1.79) starts Friday against Arizona in the series opener.<\/p>

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AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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