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MEDIA CLIPS – June 26, 2017 Rox stung by wild pitches, drop 5th straight By Thomas Harding and Joshua Thornton / MLB.com | 8:39 AM ET LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers trailed by five runs in the third, but they got two home runs from Cody Bellinger and scored five runs on four Adam Ottavino wild pitches in the seventh and eighth innings to stun the Rockies, 12-6, for their season-high 10th straight victory on Sunday at Dodger Stadium. It was Bellinger's sixth multihomer game, which is a Dodgers rookie record and one shy of the Major League rookie record Mark McGwire set in 1987. The 21-year-old leads the National League with 24 home runs on the season. The Dodgers have homered in 17 consecutive games and have hit 43 in June. "People always talk about hitting is contagious, winning is contagious," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. "There is certainly a vibe or mentally that we're going to win each day; regardless of who takes the mound or what circumstance, we're not going to get down." The Rockies took an early 5-0 lead against Dodger starter Brandon McCarthy, who threw 64 pitches in three innings. But Rockies lefty starter Tyler Anderson, who returned from left knee inflammation Sunday for his first start since May 30, gave up two-run homers in the third to Kiké Hernandez and Bellinger, then left with cramping in his left hamstring. Jordan Lyles and Scott Oberg combined for 2 2/3 scoreless innings to hold the Rockies' lead, but Jake McGee opened the door a crack and the Dodgers kicked it in against Ottavino. Now the Rockies' losing streak is a season-high five games. 1 "This is a great test for us," Rockies manager Bud Black said. "This is good stuff, as far as where we are, where we need to be and what we need to do." Dodgers take lead on wild pitch The Dodgers were trailing, 6-4, in the seventh when Rockies reliever Jake McGee gave up a one-out single to Justin Turner and a two-out double to Logan Forsythe. Black had seen enough and summoned Ottavino to try to close the door on the Dodgers rally, but the righty walked Austin Barnes to load the bases and fired two wild pitches that scored a total of three runs. Ottavino's four wild pitches tied the Rockies' record, set originally by David Hale on Aug. 23, 2015. He's the first pitcher the last 50 years to allow four-plus runs in a game on wild pitches, and the Rockies are the first team in liveball era (since 1920) to allow five-plus runs in a game via wild pitches. "Their guys were on the ropes," Roberts said. "We didn't even give them any extra outs on the bases. We kept grinding and made those guys continue to make pitches. You look at what we did from the first game of the series, what we're doing to pitching staffs, there's a relentless kind of approach to what we're doing." Roberts summoned Kenley Jansen with one out in the eighth, and though the closer issued his first walk of the season, he picked up his 17th save and a double for the first RBI of his career. MOMENTS THAT MATTERED Nice grab: The Rockies were threatening in the seventh after Mark Reynolds drew a one-out walk and Ian Desmond hit a two-out single. Pat Valaika's fly ball to right field would have added to their 6-4 lead, but Bellinger raced over to lay out and make a four-star catch. The grab had a 35 percent catch probability, and he covered 71 feet in 4.2 seconds, according to Statcast™. Dodgers' wild seventh: The Dodgers couldn't take advantage of a bases-loaded situation in the fourth, when Bellinger popped out with two outs. But they made up for it in the seventh. Trailing, 6-4, the Dodgers loaded the bases again on a Turner single, a Forsythe double and Austin Barnes' walk. Yasmani Grandal looked to play the hero against Ottavino, but he didn't have to, as the Dodgers scored three runs on two Ottavino wild pitches to take their first lead. Rockies catcher Tony Wolters could not find the ball after Ottavino's second wild pitch, and Forsythe and Barnes scored. Multiple runs on a single wild pitch hadn't happened all season in the Majors until Friday, when the Astros' James Hoyt saw two score against the Mariners. Now it's happened twice in three days. 2 QUOTABLE "We're clicking on cylinders. Our offense, our defense has been second to none, and we have a really talented team with a good coaching staff. It's pretty special what we have going on." -- Bellinger "You can call it whatever you want. It was pretty pathetic." -- Ottavino, assessing his performance SOUND SMART WITH YOUR FRIENDS Desmond entered the game on an 0-for-18 slump and 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position -- with five strikeouts in his last six such opportunities. Sunday's second-inning leadoff single ended both streaks. Desmond added an RBI single to score Nolan Arenado from second in the sixth inning. WHAT'S NEXT Rockies: Rookie righty German Marquez (5-3, 3.92 ERA), after an extra day's rest, will face the Giants and righty Jeff Samardzija (2-9, 4.74) in the opener of a three-game series at 8:15 p.m. MT Monday at AT&T Park. The set marks the second leg of three in an NL West road trip that will conclude with a series at Arizona next weekend. Dodgers: The 2017 chapter of the Freeway Series with the Angels begins on Monday, and the Dodgers will have Rich Hill (4-3, 4.73 ERA) on the mound. Hill struck out seven Mets in five innings during his last outing. First pitch is set for 7:10 p.m. PT. 3 Anderson pulled with hamstring cramp By Thomas Harding / MLB.com | @harding_at_mlb | June 25th, 2017 LOS ANGELES -- A promising beginning to Rockies left-hander Tyler Anderson's return after missing 3 1/2 weeks with left knee inflammation ended in pain, with a left hamstring cramp during the third inning of Sunday's 12-6 loss to the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. It's unclear whether the cramp was related to the knee injury. Anderson, making his first Major League start since going on the disabled list May 30, threw two scoreless innings and had a five-run lead going into the third. But after a one-out walk to Chris Taylor, Anderson didn't retire any of the next four batters and two of them -- Kiké Hernandez and Cody Bellinger -- hit two-run homers to cut the difference to 5-4. With the count 2-2 to Logan Forsythe, Rockies manager Bud Black and head athletic trainer Keith Dugger visited the mound. Anderson threw several warmup pitches and lobbied to stay in, but was replaced by right-hander Jordan Lyles. "It was just a little cramping in my hamstring that was limiting my delivery," Anderson said. "As a player, you always want to stay in, but 'Doogie' [Dugger] had his head in the right place." Asked if the issue was knee-related, Anderson said, "I'm not a doctor." But when asked whether he could make his next start, Anderson said, "Yeah. I mean, I had a cramp in my leg." Manager Bud Black said he would meet with Dugger and Anderson, and there will be followup exams with those who have more injury-care expertise. Anderson had to sprint to cover third base on an unusual play to end the second inning, although he said he didn't think it brought on the injury. Rockies second baseman DJ LeMahieu lost Joc Pederson's popup in the sun in short right field. Pederson sped to second to beat shortstop Pat Valaika's throw to third baseman Nolan Arenado, who covered second. Seeing third unoccupied, Pederson raced away from Arenado and tried to advance. Anderson rushed over to cover, took the flip from Arenado and made the tag. He had to avoid contact with the sliding Pederson. 4 Anderson, charged with four runs on five hits with two walks and one strikeout, didn't figure in Sunday's decision, and is 3- 5 with a 6.11 ERA in 13 games (12 starts) with 15 home runs in 63 1/3 innings. As a rookie last year, he was 5-6 with a 3.54 ERA and 12 homers in 114 1/3 innings in 19 games after debuting July 12. 5 Ottavino uncorks four wild pitches By Thomas Harding / MLB.com | @harding_at_mlb | 12:16 AM ET LOS ANGELES -- Rockies right-handed reliever Adam Ottavino thought a good day's work was done. But a call didn't go his way. By the time he actually finished, he had an all-time clunker in a 12-6 loss to the Dodgers. He thought the seventh ended with his full-count, two-out pitch to the Dodgers'Austin Barnes, but home-plate umpire Mark Carlson called a ball. From there, Ottavino fired a Rockies-record-tying four wild pitches, which accounted for five runs. He also yielded a two-run Cody Bellinger homer and was charged with six runs in one inning. Ottavino became the first pitcher in the 50 years -- as far back as the Elias Sports Bureau could dig by Sunday evening -- to give up four or more runs on wild pitches in a game.

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