by Cary Osborne

The Dodgers didn’t have a runner in scoring position on Friday night until Mookie Betts advanced to second base on a wild pitch in the ninth inning.

It’s where he stayed, as three Dodgers struck out against Colorado reliever Carlos Estevez to end the game.

Beyond solo home runs in the third inning from Will Smith and Trea Turner, the Dodger offense couldn’t get much going against Colorado pitching, and the Dodgers lost 4–2 at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers also failed to pick up a game on the San Francisco Giants, who lost to Atlanta 6–5.

“Overall, tonight, punching (out) 12 times, no walks, not a good performance offensively,” said manager Dave Roberts. “I think Will had a really nice night, and Trea ran into one, really good piece of hitting. But outside of that we really didn’t do anything.”

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Smith was 3-for-3 in the game. The rest of the Dodgers were 3-for-30.

Smith homered off the foul pole in left field off Colorado starter Kyle Freeland in the third inning and two batters later, Turner took him deep to left field. It tied the score 2–2 at the time.

But the Dodgers struck out 12 times in the game, including five times in the final two innings against relievers Daniel Bard and Estevez.

It spoiled an otherwise excellent second outing by rookie Andre Jackson, who was recalled on Friday.

This was the second time in two games that Jackson gave the Dodgers what they asked of him, and considering they were his first two career Major League games, he may have exceeded expectations both times.

“Andre was fantastic,” Roberts said.

After pitching four scoreless innings in his debut on Aug. 16 against Pittsburgh, Jackson went 4 2/3 innings and allowed one run to Colorado.

He entered in the second inning for the second time, this time following opener Brusdar Graterol, who surrendered a two-run homer to Charlie Blackmon in the first inning, giving the Rockies a 2–0 lead.

Jackson filled up the strike zone throughout his first three innings of work and got ahead of 10 of the first 11 batters he faced with a first-pitch strike.

In the fifth inning — his fourth on the mound — he lost command of the zone, walking two batters in the inning. But with two on and one out, he got shortstop Brendan Rodgers to pop out and Charlie Blackmon to ground out.

The rookie right hander, though, got beat on a changeup to C.J. Cron in the sixth inning. Cron’s solo home run into the Dodger bullpen gave the Rockies a 3–2 lead.

Later, after a push bunt single by second baseman Garrett Hampson with two outs, Jackson was pulled in favor of Justin Bruihl, who struck out Sam Hilliard to end the Rockies’ turn.

“I thought he threw really well. Fastball command was good overall tonight, his changeup was really good. Cutter-slider thing was working,” Smith said of Jackson. “He kind of moved the ball around and kept them off-balance, and he did a really good job.”

The Rockies scored their fourth run of the game on a solo home run in the ninth inning by Elias Díaz off the tip of AJ Pollock’s glove in left field, just two days after Pollock’s home run robbery in San Diego.

The homer came against Alex Vesia, who hadn’t allowed a run since July 30.

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Rookie Jackson impresses again, but the offense stalls was originally published in Dodger Insider on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

by Cary Osborne

The Dodgers didn’t have a runner in scoring position on Friday night until Mookie Betts advanced to second base on a wild pitch in the ninth inning.

It’s where he stayed, as three Dodgers struck out against Colorado reliever Carlos Estevez to end the game.

Beyond solo home runs in the third inning from Will Smith and Trea Turner, the Dodger offense couldn’t get much going against Colorado pitching, and the Dodgers lost 4–2 at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers also failed to pick up a game on the San Francisco Giants, who lost to Atlanta 6–5.

“Overall, tonight, punching (out) 12 times, no walks, not a good performance offensively,” said manager Dave Roberts. “I think Will had a really nice night, and Trea ran into one, really good piece of hitting. But outside of that we really didn’t do anything.”

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Smith was 3-for-3 in the game. The rest of the Dodgers were 3-for-30.

Smith homered off the foul pole in left field off Colorado starter Kyle Freeland in the third inning and two batters later, Turner took him deep to left field. It tied the score 2–2 at the time.

But the Dodgers struck out 12 times in the game, including five times in the final two innings against relievers Daniel Bard and Estevez.

It spoiled an otherwise excellent second outing by rookie Andre Jackson, who was recalled on Friday.

This was the second time in two games that Jackson gave the Dodgers what they asked of him, and considering they were his first two career Major League games, he may have exceeded expectations both times.

“Andre was fantastic,” Roberts said.

After pitching four scoreless innings in his debut on Aug. 16 against Pittsburgh, Jackson went 4 2/3 innings and allowed one run to Colorado.

He entered in the second inning for the second time, this time following opener Brusdar Graterol, who surrendered a two-run homer to Charlie Blackmon in the first inning, giving the Rockies a 2–0 lead.

Jackson filled up the strike zone throughout his first three innings of work and got ahead of 10 of the first 11 batters he faced with a first-pitch strike.

In the fifth inning — his fourth on the mound — he lost command of the zone, walking two batters in the inning. But with two on and one out, he got shortstop Brendan Rodgers to pop out and Charlie Blackmon to ground out.

The rookie right hander, though, got beat on a changeup to C.J. Cron in the sixth inning. Cron’s solo home run into the Dodger bullpen gave the Rockies a 3–2 lead.

Later, after a push bunt single by second baseman Garrett Hampson with two outs, Jackson was pulled in favor of Justin Bruihl, who struck out Sam Hilliard to end the Rockies’ turn.

“I thought he threw really well. Fastball command was good overall tonight, his changeup was really good. Cutter-slider thing was working,” Smith said of Jackson. “He kind of moved the ball around and kept them off-balance, and he did a really good job.”

The Rockies scored their fourth run of the game on a solo home run in the ninth inning by Elias Díaz off the tip of AJ Pollock’s glove in left field, just two days after Pollock’s home run robbery in San Diego.

The homer came against Alex Vesia, who hadn’t allowed a run since July 30.

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Rookie Jackson impresses again, but the offense stalls was originally published in Dodger Insider on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

by Cary Osborne

The Dodgers didn’t have a runner in scoring position on Friday night until Mookie Betts advanced to second base on a wild pitch in the ninth inning.

It’s where he stayed, as three Dodgers struck out against Colorado reliever Carlos Estevez to end the game.

Beyond solo home runs in the third inning from Will Smith and Trea Turner, the Dodger offense couldn’t get much going against Colorado pitching, and the Dodgers lost 4–2 at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers also failed to pick up a game on the San Francisco Giants, who lost to Atlanta 6–5.

“Overall, tonight, punching (out) 12 times, no walks, not a good performance offensively,” said manager Dave Roberts. “I think Will had a really nice night, and Trea ran into one, really good piece of hitting. But outside of that we really didn’t do anything.”

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Smith was 3-for-3 in the game. The rest of the Dodgers were 3-for-30.

Smith homered off the foul pole in left field off Colorado starter Kyle Freeland in the third inning and two batters later, Turner took him deep to left field. It tied the score 2–2 at the time.

But the Dodgers struck out 12 times in the game, including five times in the final two innings against relievers Daniel Bard and Estevez.

It spoiled an otherwise excellent second outing by rookie Andre Jackson, who was recalled on Friday.

This was the second time in two games that Jackson gave the Dodgers what they asked of him, and considering they were his first two career Major League games, he may have exceeded expectations both times.

“Andre was fantastic,” Roberts said.

After pitching four scoreless innings in his debut on Aug. 16 against Pittsburgh, Jackson went 4 2/3 innings and allowed one run to Colorado.

He entered in the second inning for the second time, this time following opener Brusdar Graterol, who surrendered a two-run homer to Charlie Blackmon in the first inning, giving the Rockies a 2–0 lead.

Jackson filled up the strike zone throughout his first three innings of work and got ahead of 10 of the first 11 batters he faced with a first-pitch strike.

In the fifth inning — his fourth on the mound — he lost command of the zone, walking two batters in the inning. But with two on and one out, he got shortstop Brendan Rodgers to pop out and Charlie Blackmon to ground out.

The rookie right hander, though, got beat on a changeup to C.J. Cron in the sixth inning. Cron’s solo home run into the Dodger bullpen gave the Rockies a 3–2 lead.

Later, after a push bunt single by second baseman Garrett Hampson with two outs, Jackson was pulled in favor of Justin Bruihl, who struck out Sam Hilliard to end the Rockies’ turn.

“I thought he threw really well. Fastball command was good overall tonight, his changeup was really good. Cutter-slider thing was working,” Smith said of Jackson. “He kind of moved the ball around and kept them off-balance, and he did a really good job.”

The Rockies scored their fourth run of the game on a solo home run in the ninth inning by Elias Díaz off the tip of AJ Pollock’s glove in left field, just two days after Pollock’s home run robbery in San Diego.

The homer came against Alex Vesia, who hadn’t allowed a run since July 30.

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Rookie Jackson impresses again, but the offense stalls was originally published in Dodger Insider on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.