Shohei Ohtani (6 no-hit innings, homer) carries Dodgers past Rockies

Shohei Ohtani did not allow a hit over six innings on the mound and added a leadoff home run from the batter's box as the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their winning streak to five games with a 4-1 victory over the visiting Colorado ‌Rockies on Wednesday.

Ohtani and Will Klein held the Rockies without a hit through seven innings before Tyler Freeman singled to right field with two outs in the eighth against Tanner Scott.

Kyle Hurt finished off the combined one-hitter with a perfect ninth inning to earn his first career save.

Ohtani hit a leadoff home run during his second consecutive pitching start.

Freddie Freeman also went ⁠deep in the opening inning before Andy Pages homered in the eighth for Los Angeles, which has won 12 of 14 games overall.

Ohtani (5-2) battled his command, issuing four walks, allowing a run and plunking a batter, but he struck out seven in his 99-pitch outing. His season ERA rose from 0.73 to 0.82.

Rockies starter Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) gave up three runs on six hits over 4 2/3 innings in a duel of Japanese-born starters. He struck out three and walked one. Colorado scored its lone run in the fourth inning on a groundout by Willi Castro en route to its ‌fifth ⁠loss in a row.

After the Ohtani and Freeman home runs gave the Dodgers a 2-0 lead in the first inning, the Rockies halved the deficit in the fourth. The Dodgers countered with a run in their half of the fourth on an RBI single from Alex Call.

The Dodgers made it 4-1 in the eighth on ⁠a home run from Pages, his 13th of the season and third in his past four games. Los Angeles hit eight home runs in the final two games of the series while finishing off the three-game sweep.

The ⁠Dodgers received a trio of highlight defensive plays. Call made a diving catch in right in the second inning. Second baseman Alex Freeland dived to the first base bag to make a putout ⁠in the fourth on Castro's RBI grounder, and left fielder Hyeseong Kim made a catch up against the railing in foul territory in the seventh.

Kim entered in the third inning as a replacement for Teoscar Hernandez, who departed due to a left hamstring strain.

--Field Level Media

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