Khaleej Times

Dodgers on a roll with 10th consecutiv­e win

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los angeles — The Los Angeles Dodgers unleashed yet another weapon to continue their winning streak.

The Dodgers made some baseball history late on 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 homerun 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.

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.

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