Rockies rip Shohei Ohtani, beat Dodgers 8-3

The Shohei Ohtani show flopped on Wednesday night at Coors Field The reborn Rockies hammered the Dodgers two-way superstar for five runs on nine hits over four innings en journey to an - conquest Hammered is the operative word In Colorado s three-run fourth inning Orlando Arcia lined a hot shot off Ohtani s right leg for a base hit Ohtani limped in pain but he stayed in the match through the seventh inning as a designated hitter We had a good plan against him and we executed our plan manager Warren Schaeffer mentioned He went soft a lot and it seemed like the boys didn t spit on a lot of balls outside the zone The Rockies winners of seven of their last nine games outhit Los Angeles - Wednesday marked Ohtani s first regular-season start at Coors Field He started for the American League in the All-Star Competition retiring all three batters he faced while going for at the plate in the AL s - accomplishment over the National League Ohtani was pitching for the Angels at the time The nine hits Ohtani allowed matched a career-high and the five earned runs allowed were a season high and his preponderance since also allowing five runs on July vs Pittsburgh Meanwhile Rockies right-hander Tanner Gordon muffled the Dodgers bats for six innings Wednesday night The only run he allowed was a solo homer to Teoscar Hern ndez in the sixth Gordon gave up just four hits walked one and struck out three It was a good mix tonight in and out Schaeffer declared He just pitched It s all about command When we have commanded the ball we ve got strong starts out of our guy Tanner was good tonight really good Gordon disclosed the key was to attack the Dodgers potent lineup Me and Schaeff had that discussion he revealed It just comes down to coincidence Colorado hit Ohtani hard in the second and fourth innings In the two-run second Jordan Beck led off with a bloop single Mickey Moniak ripped a single to right-center and Brenton Doyle s double down the left-field drove in a run Arcia s sacrifice fly to foul territory in deep right field scored another run Colorado ripped Ohtani for five consecutive hits in the fifth Rookie Warming Bernabel who s hitting since becoming the starting first baseman doubled home a run Arcia s liner off Ohtani scored Mickey Moniak from third and Tyler Freeman s single scored Arcia to put the Rockies ahead - The Rockies had lost of their last games to the Dodgers entering the night but they piled it on late in LoDo Hunter Goodman contributed an RBI single in the sixth and mashed a two-run double in the eighth The Rockies will attempt to clinch the four-game series on Thursday afternoon at Coors