Dodgers win 10th in row, beat Rockies
LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Dodgers unleashed yet another weapon to continue their winning streak. The vaunted wild pitch. The Dodgers made some history Sunday, albeit with a great assist from the Colorado Rockies, scoring a record five runs in the final two innings on four wild pitches by Adam Ottavino.
Add the almost requisite home-run production from rookie sensation Cody Bellinger—this time he had two—and the Dodgers had a 12-6 comeback win over the Rockies for their 10th consecutive victory.
"That was a long, crazy game," said Dodgers manager Dave Roberts.
The game went four hours and 19 minutes, making it the longest nine-inning game since Dodger Stadium opened in 1962.
Incorporated were the seventh and eighth innings when they scored five consecutive runs on four wild pitches by Adam Ottavino (1-2).
According to the Elias Sport Bureau, the Dodgers were the first team in the live-ball era (since 1920) to score at least five runs on wild pitches.
"These games are played by human beings," Rockies manager Bud Black said. "Games like this happen. They're painful when you're on this end of it but we've had our share where it's gone the other way."
The two teams combined to throw eight wild pitches, which according to STATS is the most in a single game since 1913. Dodgers starter Brandon McCarthy threw three, one of them scoring a run.
Bellinger now has 24 home runs, helping the Dodgers stretch their longest string since they won 10 straight in August 2013. Colorado lost its season-worst fifth in a row.
The Dodgers have hit at least one home run in 17 consecutive games, tying their record in Los Angeles. Their franchise record is 24 consecutive games set by Brooklyn in 1956.
Kenley Jansen got five outs for his 17th save, and his first career double and RBI to drive in the Dodgers' final run.
Jansen also walked his first batter of the season after striking out 51 in a dominant year.
"That was a good streak," Roberts said. "That was historical."