Mookie Betts caps late Dodgers rally to take another series from Rockies

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 06: Mookie Betts #50 of the Los Angeles Dodgers runs the first base during the game between the Colorado Rockies and the Los Angeles Dodgers at UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium on Monday, July 6, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tom Wilson/MLB Photos via Getty Images) | MLB Photos via Getty Images Every game of this series between the Dodgers and Colorado Rockies was decided in the late innings. Mookie Betts delivered an RBI single in the eighth inning to give the Dodgers their second final-at-bat win of the series, 4-3 on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium.

The winning rally came against Antonio Senzatela, the longtime Rockies starting pitcher who has thrived out of the bullpen this year. Tommy Edman and Freddie Freeman each singled with one out to put runners at the corners. Up came Betts, who worked a nine-pitch at-bat before rifling a single up the middle to score the game winner.

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com/wWrPTZLjwp— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) July 9, 2026The Dodgers are 14-0-4 in their last 18 series against the Rockies, dating back to 2022, going 47-15 (.758) in games against Colorado during that span.That the game was still tied in the eighth inning required an escape by the Dodgers bullpen.

An error and double off Alex Vesia put a pair in scoring position with nobody out in the eighth. But he struck out his next two and gave way to Edgardo Henriquez, who induced a Kyle Karros fly out to escape the Dodgers’ second such two-on-nobody-out situation of the game. Henriquez hasn’t allowed an earned run over his last 11 appearances and 11 2/3 innings.

He earned his second win of the series, with all three games decided by one run.Two paths to quality startsFour straight Dodgers reached in the first inning, and three of them scored, two cashed in on a single by Kyle Tucker, one more RBI than he had over his previous 10 games.Rockies starter Gabriel Hughes, pressed into duty for his first major league game and first start, s