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Two sloppy tendencies — one involving gloves, the opposite bats — repeatedly price the Dodgers during a slipshod 10-game stretch that adopted their 8-0 begin to the season: Uncharacteristic defensive miscues and an incapability to put off pitches out of the strike zone.

Both had been solved early and emphatically in a 6-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night time at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers improved to 17-4 on Jackie Robinson Day, the April 15 custom since 2004 that celebrates and honors the anniversary of the Dodgers’ Black Hall of Fame infielder breaking the colour barrier in 1947.

“This is an emotional day for me,” stated the Dodgers’ Dave Roberts, who together with the Angels’ Ron Washington are the one Black managers in main league baseball.

“People that have certainly never seen Jackie Robinson, just hear some stories, are trying to live in a way that he lived. And that’s something that is so powerful for me.”

Because the Dodgers didn’t chase errant pitches, they chased Rockies starter Ryan Feltner in solely 2 2/3 innings after he walked six and threw 81 pitches, main to at least one run within the second inning and 4 within the third.

Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman walked, then jogged home when Will Smith crushed a first-pitch sinker over the left-field wall within the third. Smith continued his sizzling begin — his .482 on-base share coming into the sport was the best in baseball — along with his second homer of the season.

Tommy Edman doubled with two out within the third — one of his 4 hits — and scored after Max Muncy walked on Chris Taylor’s single to increase the result in 5-0. One more stroll, this one to Andy Pages, and Rockies supervisor Bud Black had seen enough, lifting Feltner, who in September had pitched six scoreless innings towards the Dodgers.

Meanwhile, the Dodgers made excellent defensive performs that helped strand runners in every of the primary 4 innings and enabled spot starter Landon Knack to navigate 4 1/3 innings in 65 pitches, together with 41 strikes.

With a runner on second and none out within the second inning, second baseman Edman knocked down a sizzling smash from Mickey Moniak, scooped up the ball and threw him out by a whisker. Then with two out, shortstop Mookie Betts made a slick backhand play deep within the gap and retired Jacob Stallings on a one-hop throw to first.

With a runner on second and none out within the third inning, heart fielder Taylor made a diving catch on a line drive immediately in entrance of him, and Knack again stranded the runner. The Rockies scored two runs within the fourth on a two-out double by Jacob Stallings and Knack exited after retiring the primary batter within the fifth, having reached a predetermined pitch rely.

The win was the Dodgers’ second in a row over the Rockies, which might be anticipated. Colorado is 3-14, together with 1-10 on the street. The Dodgers, in the meantime, are 13-6, together with 9-2 at home, and have received 32 of their final 42 video games towards the Rockies.

Teoscar Hernández sat out a second sport in a row as a result of of sickness, however Roberts stated the slugging outfielder would return to the lineup Wednesday.

Miller time to reach early

Bobby Miller will begin for the Dodgers on Wednesday, his first large league look since September, when he was so ineffective he was deemed unusable during the postseason.

Miller gave up 17 earned runs in 11.1 innings over three September begins, capping a perplexing and injury-riddled sophomore season. In 56 innings he posted an 8.52 ERA, the worst in baseball amongst pitchers who logged more than 50 innings.

It was a precipitous fall from the lofty expectations the Dodgers developed after Miller’s rookie season in 2023 when he went 11-4 in 124.1 innings, posting a completely acceptable ERA of 3.76 in 22 begins and looking out each bit a mainstay of the rotation for years to return.

The former first-round draft pick of Louisville seems to have returned to type at triple-A Oklahoma City this season, posting a 2.25 ERA whereas giving up solely six hits in 12 innings over three appearances.

When he was demoted in September, Miller vowed to return to the Dodgers with a vengeance.

“There is no doubt in my mind, whenever that may be, I’m going to be back better than I ever have,” he stated.

He’ll get his first likelihood at fulfilling that promise towards the Rockies.