DENVER — The rain giveth, and the rain taketh away.
A sudden storm over Coors Subject straight contributed to the Dodgers getting on the board first in Wednesday’s 8-1 win over the Rockies, however the ensuing one-hour, 27-minute rain delay meant that they did not get as a lot protection as they’d’ve appreciated out of ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
It was the highest of the sixth inning, and the sport was in a scoreless tie. Each Yamamoto and Rockies starter Chase Dollander had been dealing earlier than the skies opened and adjusted the course of the night.
The Dodgers had the early makings of some motion going towards Dollander, with Dalton Speeding drawing a leadoff stroll and Shohei Ohtani following with a base hit. Across the similar time, the Rockies introduced over the P.A. system that they have been asking followers to clear the upper-deck seats on account of “attainable climate” within the space.
Quickly after, rain started to fall and a message on the scoreboard warned of “extreme climate.”
By that time, Speeding and Ohtani have been each in scoring place with two outs. Rain was coming down arduous, and Max Muncy lifted a popup to the suitable aspect of the infield. It might have simply been the third out of the inning — however nobody appeared to have the ability to distinguish the ball among the many closely falling raindrops.
Second baseman Thairo Estrada appeared to suppose he was proper beneath it. First baseman Michael Toglia watched as Estrada tried to trace the ball — just for it to drop a few toes in entrance of Toglia. Speeding and Ohtani got here in to attain on what was dominated a base hit for Muncy, and the Dodgers took a 2-0 lead proper earlier than the grounds crew introduced out the tarp.
Muncy later padded his workforce’s lead with out an help from the climate, hitting his second grand slam prior to now three video games within the seventh inning.
The delay spelled a untimely finish to what had been shaping as much as be a dominant begin for Yamamoto. He tossed 5 scoreless innings on 56 pitches, hanging out six towards one hit and one stroll.
