The Los Angeles Dodgers came into Denver leading the Colorado Rockies by 29.5 games and hoping to add to their total.
When the evening ended, the Dodgers met their goal, defeating the Rockies 9-7.
To their credit, though, the Rockies never gave up.
The offense was solid — but it wasn’t enough
The Rockies offense got off to a promising start behind a first-inning Hunter Goodman single followed by a Michael Toglia double that gave the Rockies their first score of the night, making the game 1-0 Rockies.
The Rockies tacked on another run in the third when another Toglia double brought home Jordan Beck (aided by some bad Michael Conforto fielding).