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- Updated: August 4, 2016
DENVER — The Colorado Rockies are very serious about this National League Wild Card bid, as they showed the Dodgers again Wednesday night by slugging five home runs, two by Carlos Gonzalez before he was later injured, and coasting to a 12-2 rout at Coors Field.
Nolan Arenado, Mark Reynolds and DJ LeMahieu joined Gonzalez in the home-run derby, four of them off Brock Stewart, who was making his second Major League start for the depleted Dodgers rotation and lost a rookie matchup to Tyler Anderson (4-3, 4-1 at home). Gonzalez, Arenado and Reynolds had three RBIs each. Gonzalez, however, appeared to turn his left ankle grounding out to end the seventh inning, was helped off the field and left the game.
The Rockies, at 14-5, have the best record in MLB since the second half began and are above .500 after the All-Star Game for the first time since 2010. They are only three games out of the second NL Wild Card spot. The Dodgers, who still lead the NL Wild Card race, scored on Justin Turner’s first-inning two-run home run. Stewart, charged with nine runs in four-plus innings, was the third consecutive Dodgers starting pitcher …
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