Los Angeles Dodgers vs Colorado Rockies Box Score on Jul 17, 2021

Max Muncy homered twice, drove in five and finished with four hits, Mookie Betts and A.J. Pollock also went deep, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 9-2 in Denver on Saturday night.

Betts also had three doubles before leaving the game in the seventh inning with a right hip irritation, according to the team. Pollock had two hits and scored two runs for the Dodgers.

Walker Buehler (10-1) struck out eight in seven innings for Los Angeles, which has won eight straight over Colorado.

Ryan McMahon doubled and drove in a run for the Rockies, who didn't have a baserunner after the third inning.

The Dodgers struck first when Betts led off the game with a double and scored on a single by Muncy.

Colorado got even in the second. McMahon led off with a walk, went to third on a double by Sam Hilliard and Dom Nunez walked to load the bases. Pitcher Kyle Freeland hit a sacrifice fly to left to tie it.

Freeland (1-4) allowed three runs on six hits and struck out four in six innings of work.

Betts hit his 14th home run in the third to put Los Angeles ahead 2-1, but the Rockies matched it in their half of the inning. Brendan Rodgers led off with a single and scored on McMahon's one-out double.

It stayed tied until the sixth. Betts led off with a double and came home on Muncy's single to make it 3-2.

Pollock led off the seventh with a home run off of reliever Mychal Givens, his 13th of the year, to make it 4-2. Betts reached on a double to the gap in right-center field but jogged into second base. He immediately left the game and Gavin Lux came on as a pinch runner.

The Dodgers extended the lead when Muncy homered leading off the eighth, and Los Angeles put it away in the ninth. Justin Turner had a two-run double and Muncy hit his 21st home run to cap the four-run inning.

--Field Level Media