Teoscar Hernández hit two home runs and Emmet Sheehan pitched seven splendid innings to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers past the Colorado Rockies 7-2 on Tuesday night.
Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts also went deep for the Dodgers, who increased their lead in the NL West to two games over San Diego. The second-place Padres lost 4-2 at home to Cincinnati.
Sheehan retired his first 15 batters before Kyle Karros, son of former Dodgers first baseman Eric Karros, singled to left field leading off the sixth. In 2023, Sheehan threw six no-hit innings in his major league debut.
The right-hander struck out nine Rockies and allowed just one earned run, when Tyler Freeman hit an RBI single in the sixth.
Mookie Betts belted a two-run homer in the bottom of the third inning to give the Dodgers a 3-0 lead.
Hernández hit his first home run with two outs in the bottom of the fourth to give the Dodgers a 4-0 lead.
Hernández second homer of the game again with two outs, this time in the bottom of the eighth inning off Roansy Contreras.
Freeman hit his 20th home run of the season to leadoff the bottom of the eighth inning.
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