Dodgers, rain send Rockies to an 8-1 loss and an 18-62 record

Raindrops keep falling on the Rockies heads but who ll stop the rain of losses It appeared as if rookie right-hander Chase Dollander would be the one Wednesday night The right-hander pitched the best match of his young career but it wasn t enough and he was done in by a simple twist of fate The Dodgers cheered on by their vocal blue-clad faithful ended up clubbing the Rockies - on a rain-drenched Wednesday night at Coors Field The decisive blow was Max Muncy s -foot grand slam in the seventh inning off reliever Tyler Kinley By then Dollander had long departed the mound Los Angeles beat Colorado for the ninth consecutive tournament and the Rockies home-field misery index went up another notch in front of an released crowd of L A has outscored the Rockies - over the nine-game span The Rockies are - at Coors Field and have lost all series at home this season They fell to - overall and their losses through the first games are the preponderance of any club in baseball s modern era The Tigers and Red Sox and Cardinals were all - at the -game mark Plain and simple the baseball gods hate the Rockies Why else would they sic Mother Nature on Colorado s downtrodden crew Proof arrived in the top of the sixth inning when lightning crashed and the sky opened up With two on and two out Muncy hit a sky-high flyball to the right side of the infield Rockies second baseman Thairo Estrada was ready to make the play and he called for the ball until he lost it in the raindrops and lights and covered his head First baseman Michael Toglia covered his head too and was startled when the ball landed just a insufficient feet from him Dalton Rushin who led off the inning with a walk and Shohei Ohtani who reached on a single took off on Dollander s - pitch and scored easily to give the Dodgers a - lead As you saw it was raining very hard Estrada revealed using a translator Right off the bat I thought I saw the ball traveling but it was hard to see I was trying to find it and locate it but I just couldn t find it Dollander noted the play was definitely very frustrating But you kind of have to look at it and say It s not in our control You can t control Mother Nature you can t control a bunch of things Dollander stated Would I have liked to have that play done Sure but at the same time we can t control those things Toglia didn t do anything wrong Thairo didn t do anything wrong That ball got lost After a -hour -minute rain delay Jake Bird relieved Dollander Bird has been Colorado s best pitcher starter or reliever but he gave up back-to-back singles to Teoscar Hernandez and Andy Pages as Los Angeles lead grew to - Bird also loaded the bases in the seventh before giving way to Kinley who served up a hanging - slider to Muncy for the grand slam Muncy has two grand slams in his last three games and eight in his career Dollander with a ERA over his last three starts pitched the best and most of efficient tournament of his career He allowed only those two fluky runs gave up three hits walked two and struck out one He induced outs via groundball and threw just pitches for strikes Chase was really good tonight mixing his two-seam and four-seam fastballs and his urgent balls manager Warren Schaeffer stated He got early strikes with the breaker He just commanded the zone and was attacking It was good stuff It might have been his best outing Dollander was eager to face the Dodgers potent lineup It s what you live for he stated You get to the big leagues and you want to face the best competition Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched even better than Dollander Over his five scoreless innings the right-hander allowed just one hit a two-out single by Sam Hilliard in the third struck out six and walked one In five career starts against the Rockies he has a ERA Related Articles Dodgers Clayton Kershaw eight strikeouts shy of faces Rockies Thursday at Coors Field Rockies late rally falls short as Dodgers win again at Coors Field Rockies Tyler Freeman moves to leadoff as Warren Schaeffer looks for aggressive offense Renck vs Keeler Will Rockies follow Charlie Monfort s advice for change Mickey Moniak s three-run homer lifts Rockies to win over D-backs Want more Rockies news Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis