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LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 25: Emmet Sheehan #80 of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches during the game between the Colorado Rockies and the Los Angeles Dodgers at UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium on Monday, May 25, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Nicole Vasquez/MLB Photos via Getty Images) | MLB Photos via Getty Images
When you’re facing a disadvantage in both the starting pitching duel and also the bullpen, nine innings is quite a long time, and that’s what the Rockies learned in this 5-3 defeat to the Dodgers. Tanner Gordon did his best to keep up with Emmet Sheehan and even left the game with a 2-1 lead, but Colorado didn’t have the bullpen depth to toss four scoreless innings, ultimately coughing up the lead in a seventh-inning rally that saw the home team score four runs.
Unfazed by the disappointing nature with which his offense kept stranding runners inning after inning in the early goings, Sheehan delivered a quality outing on the back of one of his best fastball days of the year. Sheehan’s four-seamer was working so well for him that he upped the usage to over 50 percent of the time, inducing 10 of his 17 whiffs in the game with it.
While the Dodgers failed to string hitters together against Tanner Gordon, the Rockies found a way to hurt Sheehan by pooling all of their hits together. Three of the five hits conceded by Sheehan came in the top of the fourth when the Rockies took the lead courtesy of an RBI single from Troy Johnston and a sacrifice fly from Ezequiel Tovar. The Colorado shortstop would be at the center of the action for this one, as right after Sheehan left the game, he took it upon himself to end the Dodgers’ bullpen scoreless streak of 38 innings with a solo shot against Kyle Hurt. This was the first run Hurt allowed since his season debut against the Mets over a month ago, putting an end to 14 scoreless innings for him.
Entering the bottom of the seventh, the Dodgers had stranded at least one runner in four of the first six, and then a loss of command from relievers Juan Mejía and Brennan Bernadino got the home team going. Will Smith, Hyesong Kim, and Miguel Rojas loaded the bases without having to swing the bat, courtesy of a couple of walks and an HBP, and then the top of the order went to work on capitalizing. Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts drove in runs with productive outs, Freddie Freeman helped LA take the lead with an RBI double, and was subsequently driven in by Andy Pages.
On an individual note, we must talk about Kiké Hernández, who, even in the ninth hole, found a way to be one of, if not the most productive, Dodgers hitters in the game. Hernández went two-for-two early on before being pulled for a pinch-hitter in the seventh. Once Dalton Rushing was announced as the pinch-hitter for Hernández with a righty on the mound in the seventh, the Rockies went to the lefty Bernadino, which made Dave Roberts counter with Miguel Rojas, who got on base via a hit-by-pitch. Maybe it was the ninth spot that finished the game with a perfect on-base percentage.
Contrasting with the struggles of the Rockies bullpen that cost them the game, the Dodgers relievers were outstanding apart from that solo shot by Tovar. Vesia came in for the save, but one baserunner was enough to make Roberts go to Blake Treinen with a righty on base and two outs in the inning. Treinen got the punchout against Braxton Fulford and earned the save, his first of the year.
Game particulars
- Home runs— Ezequiel Tovar (2)
- WP— Kyle Hurt (1-0): 1 IP, 1 hit, 1 run, 1 strikeout
- LP— Brennan Bernadino (2-3): 0.2 IP, 1 hit, 2 runs
- SV – Blake Treinen (1): 0.1 IP, 1 strikeout
Up next
A couple of veteran southpaws square off on Tuesday at 7:10 p.m. (PT). Eric Lauer will be making his first start with the Dodgers, recently acquired from the Blue Jays, while the Rockies will counter with one of their longest-tenured players in Kyle Freeland. Selected in the first round of the Draft in 2014, Freeland is in the middle of his 10th major-league season with the Rox.
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