None of that mattered much once the bats got going at altitude. LA had already taken the series opener before this one, and Tuesday was more of the same — a lineup that doesn't have many soft spots doing damage against a Rockies pitching staff that's had to piece things together all year.
Colorado had actually won 3 of its last 5 coming in, including a 13-7 slugfest over the Giants, so this wasn't a team playing dead. But a 50-75 club going up against a 75-51 juggernaut at less than full strength was always going to be a tough ask, and the Dodgers made sure it stayed that way from the third inning on.
The Dodgers broke it open with a 4-run third and never let Colorado sniff a lead, tacking on runs in five different innings while Sugano and the Rockies bullpen couldn't find any answers. It was the kind of Coors Field game that looks close on paper and wasn't at all.
LA banked 14 hits to Colorado's 6 and won the last 3 innings alone 4-3, closing it out with an 11-5 final that padded a season that's already trending toward October. For the Rockies, it's another notch in a lost year that's now waiting on Goodman's shoulder and hoping Sugano's breakout keeps the rotation respectable down the stretch.