Dodgers get bounced on the other side of the deadline

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DENVER — The Los Angeles Dodgers accessorized themselves at the non-waiver trade deadline, but they did not have any fun in their first game since they retooled their roster.

They sure looked better with Josh Reddick in right field, Rich Hill making progress with a blister, Jesse Chavez in the bullpen and Yasiel Puig packing for Oklahoma City.

Yet it was the April and May version of the Dodgers that surfaced Tuesday in a 7-3 defeat to open a three-game series at Coors Field against the resurgent Colorado Rockies. The Dodgers managed just two hits over five innings against Rockies starter Jon Gray, looking nothing like the run-scoring juggernaut that had been terrorizing teams since the start of July.

“I think that it was pretty simple: Their guy gave them a good start, we dug ourselves a hole, we battled back and got some runs late, but we have to kind of brush this one off and be ready to go tomorrow,” manager Dave Roberts said, crumpling up mental notes of this one and throwing them in the garbage.

Josh Reddick went 0-for-4 in his Dodgers debut. Dustin Bradford/Getty Images

Howie Kendrick, Justin Turner, Corey Seager, Yasmani Grandal and Joc Pederson all entered Tuesday’s game on offensive tears, but Gray masterfully maneuvered around all of that, as well as a 38-minute rain delay in the first inning.

There is no reason for alarm, of course, and Tuesday can be considered just a blip in what has been an incredibly productive run for the Dodgers. And the San Francisco Giants lost, meaning the Dodgers remained two games back in the National League West standings.

But while the Dodgers have made up 4 1/2 games on the Giants since the break, the Rockies have suddenly made up eight games and have gone from 16 games behind the Giants to eight. They are now six games behind the Dodgers, lurking in third place.

Tuesday’s game failed to reveal improvements from the new lineup, …

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