Dodgers Escape Coors With Split, Leave the Fun House Slightly Less Dizzy

If the Los Angeles Dodgers circled anything on the 2026 schedule with mild concern, it was probably the four-game wraparound at Coors Field. Four games in Denver tends to feel less like a baseball series and more like a long weekend in the Bermuda Triangle—balls disappear, logic bends, and occasionally a balk drives in a run just to keep things interesting.

So naturally, the finale ended 12–3.

The Dodgers launched five home runs, scored on a balk, a bases-loaded walk, and a pair of errors, and generally treated the game like a greatest hits album of Coors Field chaos. Getting out of there with a split against the Colorado Rockies counts as a quiet success, even if nothing about the process felt particularly quiet.

Wrobleski, Again, Looks Like He Belongs

For the second straight start, Justin Wrobleski did something unusual for Coors Field: he made it look manageable.

After allowing two doubles and a run in the first inning, Wrobleski settled in and didn’t allow another. Seven innings, eight hits, one run, no walks, and 72 strikes out of 97 pitches. It wasn’t overpowering, but it was controlled, efficient, and—most importantly in Denver—repeatable.

At some point, “nice early-season story” starts turning into “rotation fixture.” He’s getting close to that line.

The Lineup Goes Full Coors

Max Muncy and Dalton Rushing handled most of the headline work, each homering twice.

Muncy finished a perfect 4-for-4, scored four times, and now leads the league in home runs with eight. Rushing, meanwhile, continues to produce numbers that feel slightly fictional—seven home runs in 27 at bats, a .444 average, and the general sense that gravity may not fully apply to him yet.

Miguel Rojas added a quieter milestone: his 1,000th career hit, coming in the same ballpark where he recorded his very first back in 2014. Not bad symmetry for someone in his final season.

Bullpen Notes, and a New Name

Edgardo Henriquez and Jake Eder handled the final two innings, allowing a pair of runs but keeping the outcome well out of reach.

Eder’s presence comes with context: Edwin Díaz is headed for surgery to remove loose fragments from his elbow, which will sideline him for the foreseeable future. It’s less a structural overhaul and more of a cleanup, but it does leave a noticeable gap at the back end of the bullpen.

Also, yes—the trumpet will be on temporary hiatus.

And Quietly, Ohtani Keeps Going

Shohei Ohtani reached base three more times, extending his streak to 52 games. He now sits one game shy of tying Shawn Green for the second-longest run in franchise history.

It continues to happen with very little interruption, which somehow makes it more noticeable.

The Takeaway

The Dodgers are still the better team. The Rockies are still… not. And none of that matters all that much at altitude.

What does matter is leaving Denver without damage. A split qualifies.

The Dodgers head to San Francisco next, where the ball should behave more like a baseball again—though it’s probably best not to assume too much.