Michael Toglia’s grand slam can’t save Rockies in loss to Dodgers

The Rockies road trip from hell mercifully ended Wednesday night in Los Angeles It ended devilishly with L A completing a three-game sweep with an - conquest at Dodger Stadium The Rockies had their chances but strikeouts and a terrible start from German Marquez doomed them The - road trip began in San Diego where the Padres took three from the Rockies who failed to figure a run Colorado was outscored - during the road trip and outhit - The Rockies - start is the worst in franchise history Colorado s West Coast trip included a quad injury to center fielder Brenton Doyle who missed all six games save for a pinch-hit appearance in the ninth inning Wednesday night Shortstop Ezequiel Tovar battling a sore hip was a late scratch for Wednesday s contest Plus the Rockies got word on Monday that veteran Kris Bryant the oft-injured veteran designated hitter was going on the injured list because his chronic back issue flared up again The Rockies lost Wednesday night despite Michael Toglia blasting a grand slam in the third inning off right-hander Bobby Miller It was Toglia s first home run this season Toglia s slam was straightaway followed by a solo homer by Mickey Moniak as Colorado sliced L A s lead to - It was good to see Toglia square the emerging ball up for the home run manager Bud Black narrated reporters in L A Hopefully that gives him a little bit of confidence going into this weekend But again we struck out too much Leading Colorado s K parade was catcher Braxton Fulford who made his major league debut He struck out in all four of his at-bats Third baseman Ryan McMahon also fanned four times although he had a key double in the seventh when the Rockies scored a run to cut L A s lead to - Wrapped around Toglia s grand slam were three strikeouts The Rockies had to climb out of a deep hole They took a - lead in the first on a leadoff single by Nick Martini and an RBI double by Kyle Farmer who s been their majority consistent hitter But that - lead turned into a - deficit in a flash The Dodgers ambushed Marquez who pitched one of the worst games of his -year career He lasted two-thirds of an inning the shortest start of his career Marquez s evening began with reigning National League MVP Shohei Ohtani blasting a - hanging curveball feet into the stands beyond right field Two batters later Freddie Freeman drove Marquez s - sinker feet to the left-center bleachers And Marquez s meltdown was just beginning By the time reliever Angel Chivilli rode to the rescue the Dodgers led - and Marquez had given up six hits as his early-season ERA rose from to Black commented he saw a lot of misses in the middle of the plate from Marquez adding that he thought Marquez s tempo sped up too much between pitches Pitching Probables The Rockies are off on Thursday Friday Nationals LHP Mackenzie Gore - ERA at Rockies RHP Chase Dollander - p m Saturday Nationals TBA at Rockies LHP Kyle Freeland - p m Sunday Nationals TBA at Rockies RHP Antonio Senzatela - p m