Muncy homers in 10th, Dodgers rally for 7-5 win over Rockies

DENVER (AP) — Max Muncy homered to start the 10th inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied past the Colorado Rockies 7-5 on Thursday to remain in the thick of the NL West chase.

Muncy drilled a slider from Lucas Gilbreath (2-2) to deep center, setting off a roar from the Dodgers faithful scattered throughout Coors Field. It also scored Justin Turner, who began the inning at second base.

Gilbreath had a string of 17 straight scoreless outings snapped in the ninth by Muncy's 35th homer of the season. That came after Trea Turner tied the game with a two-out RBI single.

Kenley Jansen (4-4) earned the win by pitching the ninth and Blake Treinen picked up the his sixth save by getting C.J. Cron to hit into a game-ending double play.

It was a comeback win the Dodgers needed with time running out in their bid for a ninth straight NL West crown. Los Angeles entered the day two games behind the San Francisco Giants, who were playing at San Diego. Both teams have nine games remaining after Thursday.

Carlos Estévez got two quick outs in the ninth before a single by Mookie Betts and another by Corey Seager off Estévez’s right leg. Estévez remained in the game and after a few warmup tosses, surrendered the single to Turner.

Max Scherzer wasn't at his best, allowing five runs over five innings. But the right-hander was let off the hook for his first loss with the Dodgers by Turner, who was acquired along with Scherzer from Washington on July 30.

The three-time Cy Young Award winner still hasn't lost since May 30.

The sight of Scherzer giving up runs has been uncommon. Over his five previous outings, he had allowed just one unearned run.

Over the three-game series against Colorado, Julio Urías, Walker Buehler and Scherzer gave up a combined 14 runs. The Dodgers' starting rotation...

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