LOS ANGELES — The Rockies’ game against the Dodgers on Tuesday night was like a whopping fish story: “The one that got away.”
Colorado rallied and had multiple chances to beat L.A., but never could. Of course, when you strikeout 15 times, as the Rockies did, it’s tough put a dagger in the opponent’s heart.
Instead, the killer blow came from Dodgers right fielder Trayce Thompson, who clobbered reliever Carlos Estevez’s 97 mph, 0-1 fastball into the left-field seats for a 4-3 walk-off win in the ninth.
“I was trying to go down and away and it just ran back (over the plate),” Estevez said.