Cron, Rockies outhomer Dodgers in 4-2 victory

LOS ANGELES (AP) — C.J. Cron hit a mammoth, tiebreaking home run leading off the sixth inning, and the Colorado Rockies defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 on Friday night.

After striking out twice, Cron sent a 482-foot shot off Andre Jackson next to the bar seating above the Dodgers bullpen in left field for his major league-leading 30th RBI in August.

The Rockies improved to 16-47 on the road in a game in which all the runs came on homers.

The Dodgers missed a chance to gain ground on NL West-leading San Francisco and remained 2 1/2 games behind the Giants, who lost 6-5 at Atlanta. The Dodgers had won 16 of 18 coming in.

Mookie Betts had a leadoff single in the ninth after going hitless in his first three at-bats and moved up on a wild pitch from Carlos Estévez. Pinch-hitter Max Muncy struck out swinging, and Corey Seager and AJ Pollock took called third strikes to end the game. The umpiring crew was booed walking off the field. Estévez earned the save.

Elias Díaz homered leading off the ninth, eluding a leaping Pollock at the wall in left and extending Colorado's lead to 4-2.

Díaz got run down by his own first baseman in the third. The Colorado catcher was tracking Justin Turner's popup near the plate when Cron came charging in and struck Díaz in the leg.

The grimacing Díaz went down on all fours after he made the catch. He walked slowly off to end the inning, but stayed in the game.

Charlie Blackmon hit a two-run homer in the first off opener Brusdar Graterol, giving Colorado a 2-0 lead. It was the first homer allowed this season by Graterol.

The Dodgers tied the game at 2 in the third on solo shots by Will Smith and Trea Turner. Smith's 21st homer hit the left-field foul pole. Turner's landed in the lower left-field seats with two outs.

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