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 Arenado homered in the 16th inning, lifting the Rockies to a 5-4
victory in a game that ended early Wednesday morning.
The third baseman slammed his 39th home run on the first pitch he
saw from reliever Mat Latos (4-10) as the Rockies snapped the
Dodgers' three-game winning streak.
"I think I was more relieved than anything," said Arenado, who is
tied for the National League lead in homers with Washington
Nationals right outfielder Bryce Harper. "It was a long game. We
battled. Obviously, that homer was great, but our pitchers kept us
in the game for me to have a chance to do that, so that was great.
"It was a good team win. We used everyone out there."
A major league record 58 players were used in the contest, topping
the mark of 54 set by the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers on
Sept. 25, 1992. The Rockies and Dodgers also topped the major league
mark for pitchers used, with a combined 24 seeing action. The
previous high was 21 in an 18-inning affair between the Tampa Bay
Rays and the Baltimore Orioles on Sept. 30, 2006.
Colorado also set a major league record with 13 pitchers going to
the hill, topping the previous mark of 11, held by several clubs.
Los Angeles had a franchise-record 11 pitchers perform.
Arenado, though, provided the biggest relief for the Rockies,
sending a fastball from Latos into the seats.
"He's a money player," said Colorado manager Walt Weiss, who trotted
out a National League-record 30 players. "We've seen it for a couple
of years now, but we've seen it big time this year. He's an elite
player."
Earlier in the game, Weiss took offense to a hard slide by Dodgers
third baseman Justin Turner that upended Arenado at second base as
the Rockies attempted to compete a double play. Arenado was in the
middle of the infield with a shift in place.
"I just thought it was late, that's all," Weiss said.
Rockies reliever David Hale (4-5) worked a scoreless 15th inning,
and Gonzalez Germen blanked the Dodgers in the 16th for his first
save.
"We had a few chances," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said.
The Rockies (61-84) grabbed a lead in the 11th inning but couldn't
hold it. After a one-out triple by first baseman Justin Morneau,
second baseman DJ LeMahieu's RBI single put Colorado on top 4-3.
However, Dodgers right fielder Chris Heisey's infield single in the
bottom of the inning plated left fielder Scott Schebler to knot the
score at 4.
The Dodgers (83-61) came back from a two-run deficit in the seventh.
A double by first baseman Adrian Gonzalez opened the inning, and
catcher A.J. Ellis and shortstop Corey Seager followed with
consecutive walks.
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A sacrifice fly by Heisey drove in Gonzalez before a single by pinch
hitter Austin Barnes plated pinch runner Jimmy Rollins for a 3-3
tie. It was Barnes' first major league RBI.
Dodgers starter Brett Anderson, who pitched for Colorado last
season, gave up three runs (two earned) on seven hits with seven
strikeouts and no walks in six innings.
Colorado left-hander Chris Rusin worked six-plus innings, allowing
three runs on five hits with three strikeouts and two walks.
Dodgers left fielder Justin Ruggiano led off the bottom of the first
with a double and advanced to third on a groundout by second baseman
Chase Utley. Ruggiano scored on Turner's run-scoring single that
bounced off the glove of shortstop Jose Reyes and into shallow left
for a 1-0 Los Angeles lead.
Colorado rallied for three runs in the fourth. Arenado came home on
a throwing error by Seager for one run, while Morneau and LeMahieu
scored on groundouts by left fielder Corey Dickerson and catcher
Dustin Garneu for a 3-1 advantage.
NOTES: Rockies OF Carlos Gonzalez came out of the game after the top
of the 15th after fouling a ball off his foot. He is listed as
day-to-day. ... Dodgers manager Don Mattingly refused to commit to
replacing rookie SS Corey Seager in the starting lineup when SS
Jimmy Rollins (jammed right knuckle) returns. Seager, who had two
hits Tuesday, is hitting .419 with one homer and seven RBIs in 12
games since being promoted from Triple-A Oklahoma City. "Everything
is always evolving," said Mattingly, adding that Seager also could
play third base to give Justin Turner an occasional rest. "There's
plenty of playing time right now for Corey. He (doesn't) need to
worry about what's going forward. He just needs to play today." ...
Rockies LHP Jorge De La Rosa (9-6, 4.28 ERA) will face Dodgers LHP
Alex Wood (10-10, 3.81 ERA) in the series finale Wednesday. ... A
crowd of 45,311 attended.
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