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DENVER (Ticker) -- Joe Torre has a name for games that rack up
26 runs and 38 hits like the one his Los Angeles Dodgers took
part in Monday night.
"Arena baseball," the manager said after his team's 16-10
victory over the Colorado Rockies. "Was that exciting enough for
you?"
The Dodgers put eight runs on the board in the first inning and
never looked back. James Loney had a triple among three hits
and five RBI and Jeff Kent went 3-for-3 with a double for the
Dodgers, who scored 10 runs in the first inning in a win over
the Rockies on April 27.
"A lead is never enough no matter how big," Loney said. "You
never know what's going to happen so you want to keep adding
on."
Russell Martin also had three hits in a game that was decided
almost as quickly as it began.
The first five Dodger batters collected hits, including the
initial run-scoring double by Andre Ethier, before an out was
registered. Leadoff batter Matt Kemp hit two doubles before the
second out was recorded.
"We got some big hits in the first inning, scored a lot of runs,
and we just kept going after that," Kemp said. "Everybody got a
hit today. They out-hit us but we scored more runs, so we're
happy right now."
Every Los Angeles player in the starting lineup except for
Andruw Jones scored a run in the first inning, and the offensive
onslaught didn't stop there.
The Dodgers scored four runs over the next three innings,
highlighted by Kent's two-run single in the third that made it
11-0.
Loney added a bases-loaded triple to right field and came in to
score on a double-play ball that stretched the lead to 16-3 in
the fifth.
"When you get eight runs it's a nice lead. But in this ballpark
you are certainly not safe," Torre said. "We scored in five
straight innings; they scored in seven straight innings. I'm
just glad we had the big cushion."
Kip Wells, who was making his first appearance since April 28
after overcoming a blood clot in his right hand, recorded one
out before he departed amid boos Wells (1-2) threw 40 pitches
and allowed eight runs - seven earned - on seven hits in the
opening frame.
"We've still got to find some answers with our starting
rotation, there's no doubt about that," Rockies manager Clint
Hurdle said. "I'm proud of the way the guys responded coming to
hit in the bottom of the first inning down 8-0."
The Rockies (43-58) racked up 20 hits to the Dodgers' 18.
Matt Holliday went 3-for-3 with a home run and RBI double and
Troy Tulowitzki went 5-for-5 with a double and sacrifice fly in
his first appearance after a second stint on the disabled list.
It was Tulowitzki's first career five-hit game.
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