Dickerson has 3 hits as Rockies beat Dodgers, 7-4

Hale gave up a one-out triple in the first to shortstop Jimmy Rollins, who then scored on a ground out to get the Dodgers on the board.

“The way I look at it, we’ve got to win three games somehow and we can win them there [in San Francisco]”. They still have some work to do.

Despite falling 7-4 at Colorado on Friday, Los Angeles reduced its magic number in the West to two games with nine remaining when San Francisco lost to Oakland.

According to oddsmakers from online sports book Mybookie.ag, the Dodgers are -175 money line favorites over the Rockies, who are +160 money line underdogs for tonight’s game.

“We’re not looking forward to nothing”, Crawford insisted.

The Dodgers have tagged Kendrick for 13 runs and 31 runners reaching base in 17 innings this season, including allowing six runs on 10 hits, including two home runs, in 5⅓ innings at Coors Field on June 1.

Bolsinger served up three home runs in a fourth inning that marked the end of another disappointing night for the right-hander. Rockies LHP Yohan Flande is at least 50-50 to return this season, manager Walt Weiss said.

John Axford worked a ideal ninth inning for his 25th save of the season.

“It’s nice that we got some runs early, especially coming off the series we just had”, Weiss said. Gonzalez has smashed 34 of his long balls in the last 97 games. September. Rafael Ynoa tripled in Morneau to make it 4-1.

Chuck Nasty: Charlie Blackmon hit his 17th home run of the season in the bottom of the fourth inning. It’s kind of embarrassing at this point right now. “Got to figure out what to do to finish strong”.

“I’m not blaming [struggles] on that at all, but it’s nice to have that as second nature”, said Hale, who concentrated on pushing his momentum toward the plate rather than rotationally. “We’re playing against teams that (don’t) have anything to lose – they play us a little harder”. After sliding on the grass to stop the ball, Arenado fired to first – where Crawford had made the turn toward second.

“It was a insane play. I just got up and threw it”.

“His command was not very good”, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said.

The two had a conversation in the weight room.

“You know where you’re at, but honestly I was just thinking about putting the ball in play”, Dickerson said of his final at-bat. They’re trying to avoid their worst home mark (35-46 in 2012) with two games remaining at the hitter-friendly park.

“He came in after the third and just seemed to be shaking it (his arm) a bit”, Mattingly said. “I didn’t want to take any chances with him”, Mattingly said….

Of course, it’s not the first time Arenado has pulled off such a behind-the-runner throw. “If he comes out of that good, we’re going to see him pretty soon”.

Rockies: Blackmon returned to the lineup after missing two games with neck stiffness.

Speaking of former A’s starting pitchers, Brett Anderson has had a renaissance season of his own. The Rockies were swept by Pittsburgh, which clinched a playoff berth in Coors Field on Wednesday.