Dodgers’ rallies bookend wild game vs. Rox

DENVER — Chase Utley’s two-out double capped off a five-run ninth inning that gave the Dodgers a 12-10 victory over the Rockies and secured a series victory in a wild weekend at Coors Field.

The Dodgers had an early 7-1 lead, only to see the Rockies chip away and take a 10-7 lead with a five-run bottom of the eighth. But Rockies closer Jake McGee gave up five hits and a walk during an inning that saw him wild-pitch in the tying run, and give up a Corey Seager RBI double after the go-ahead hit by Utley.

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The Rockies, who got four hits and four RBIs from Gerardo Parra, had a chance to escape the ninth. But shortstop Trevor Story could not get Trayce Thompson’s ground ball out of his glove in time to give second baseman DJ LeMahieu time to turn a potential game-ending double play.

MOMENTS THAT MATTERED Rescue lefty: Rockies reliever Chris Rusin was greeted in the third inning by a Seager triple that drove in two runs, both charged to starter Jordan Lyles (2 2/3 innings, seven runs, five earned), but Rusin proceeded to pitch 3 1/3 scoreless innings with only Seager’s hit, two walks and three strikeouts. In his last three appearances — all under similar circumstances — he has …

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