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POST-GAME BRIEFING

A back-and-forth battle between the Rockies and the Dodgers ended with the first at-bat of the bottom of the 9^th, when Cody Bellinger blasted a ball just over the right field wall to give the Dodgers a 4-3 win.

Prior to the walk-off, Dustin May made another solid start, throwing five innings of two-hit, one-run baseball (a 3^rd inning solo shot to Hilliard the only blemish on his performance). May’s issue continues to be pitch counts that keep him from going deep into games. He threw just 44 pitches through the first three innings, but another 42 in the next two.

Dustin May 💯 hop.

Murphy is impressed ("100? whew") pic.twitter.com/48TJMpTKNf

— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) August 23, 2020

Relievers Brusdar Graterol, Scott Alexander, Blake Treinen, Caleb Ferguson, and closer Kenley Jansen combined for four innings of two-run ball. Those two runs yielded are unusual for the rock solid reliever core, which had a collective 1.81 ERA heading into tonight’s game.

SCORING PLAYS

BOT 1^ST: Seager RBI Single (1-0 LAD)

BOT 2^nd: Taylor solo home run (2-0 LAD)

TOP 3^rd: Hilliard solo home run (2-1 LAD)

TOP 6^th: Arenado sac fly (2-2)

TOP 7^th: Treinen wild pitch (3-2 COL)

BOT 7^th: Taylor run-scoring double play (3-3)

BOT 9^th: Bellinger solo home run (4-3 LAD)

PLAY OF THE GAME

Without a doubt, the play of the game goes to Cody Bellinger’s…confusing walk-off homer in the bottom of the 9th to give the Dodgers the win. Bellinger launched the second pitch from reliever Daniel Bard over the right field wall (though he wasn’t quite sure initially whether it had gone over the wall or into Hilliard’s glove).

SEND US HOME, BELLI. pic.twitter.com/TOumKzvvu5

— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 23, 2020

PLAYER OF THE GAME

It’s hard to argue that anyone but Cody Bellinger could win this one today. His first three at-bats yielded a line out, a strikeout, and a walk, but he made the fourth one count, handing the Dodgers their first “socially distant” walk-off of 2020.

Cody Bellinger with those '92 Jordan vibes ¯_(ツ)_/¯pic.twitter.com/L1vSCeCgKX

— MyBookie Sportsbook (@mybookiebet) August 23, 2020

UP NEXT

The Dodgers will finish the three-game series (and potentially the series sweep) versus the Rockies tomorrow afternoon at 1:10p.m. PT. Ross Stripling (3-1, 5.61 ERA, 22 Ks) will be on the mound for the Dodgers, looking for a good outing to counteract the disappointment of his last few subpar starts. The Rockies will counter with 25-year-old Antonio Senzatela, who’s coming in to the game 3-0, with a 2.90 ERA and a 24/5 strikeout-to-walk ratio.

Amanda Powers is an editor (and sometimes writer) for Dodgers-LowDown. Follow her on Twitter @geekpowers.