Rusin, Rockies Throw 4-Hitter In 1-0 Victory Over Dodgers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Rusin combined with four relievers on a four-hitter as the Colorado Rockies defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 1-0 on Wednesday night in the rubber match of their three-game series.
Rusin (2-4) allowed three hits in six innings for his first win since April 13.
The 29-year old left-hander walked one and struck out three. He has not allowed a run in his last 12 innings against the Dodgers dating to last season.
Chad Qualls and Boone Logan combined for a hitless seventh, Carlos Estevez struck out the side in the eighth and Jake McGee pitched a perfect ninth for his 15th save.
Kenta Maeda (5-4) took the loss for the Dodgers despite a career-high nine strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings. He gave up five hits and took a shutout into the seventh before Daniel Descalso broke a scoreless tie with a two-out RBI single.
Rusin retired 12 of the first 14 batters he faced, including 10 straight at one point. He worked around his lone jam of the night, a bases-loaded, one-out situation in the fifth, with a strikeout of Kike Hernandez and a groundout from Justin Turner.
Maeda made it a pitcher's duel on the other side, striking out the first four batters he faced and never slowing. He had seven strikeouts after four innings and nine through six to hold the Rockies scoreless.
The Rockies broke through against Maeda in the seventh. Gerardo Parra stroked a one-out double for Colorado's first extra-base hit of the game, and Descalso brought him home with a sinking two-out liner that dropped just in front of charging center fielder Trayce Thompson for an RBI single.
The Dodgers were held to one run or less for the third time in a week.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: SS Trevor Story (rest) received a day off after going 0 for 4 with four strikeouts on Tuesday.
Dodgers: RHP Brandon McCarthy (Tommy John surgery) will make his first rehab start at Class A Rancho Cucamonga on Saturday and pitch three innings, manager Dave Roberts said. McCarthy last pitched on April 25, 2015.
UP NEXT
Rockies: RHP Chad Bettis (4-5, 5.58) opens a three-game home series against Pittsburgh on Thursday. He is 0-3 with an 11.48 ERA in his last three starts.
Dodgers: LHP Clayton Kershaw (8-1, 1.47 ERA) takes the mound in the opener of a three-game series at San Francisco on Friday. He is 9-3 with a 1.23 ERA in 16 career games at AT&T Park.
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