The Los Angeles Dodgers had their familiar struggles against a left-hander, and the Colorado Rockies managed to squeeze out just enough against Hyun-Jin Ryu to get a win in their 2017 home opener.
Kyle Freeland’s MLB career began with a strikeout of Logan Forsythe. Justin Turner singled with two outs, and Yasiel Puig and Scott Van Slyke kept the inning alive by working walks. However, the bases were left loaded when Yasmani Grandal grounded out.
Ryu struck out Charlie Blackmon to start the bottom of the first, but he reached on a wild pitch. Blackmon was subsequently thrown out trying to steal second base, which proved key as DJ LeMahieu and Charlie Blackmon singled.