DENVER – Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong is setting a wicked pace, but
Ohtani launched a Statcast-projected 448-foot two-run home run in the third inning of the Dodgers’ 7-6 win over the Rockies on Tuesday night at Coors Field, giving him 30 home runs. It marks the sixth straight time Ohtani has reached the 30-homer plateau.\n\nBut keeping pace with Crow-Armstrong isn’t easy. In the Cubs’ 7-5 victory over the White Sox on Monday, Crow-Armstrong hit a two-run walk-off homer in the 10th inning. Earlier, he blasted the first pitch of the game for a homer.\n\nThen, on Tuesday, Crow-Armstrong became just the 13th player (since at least 1900) with a leadoff homer in the next game after hitting a walk-off shot, per the Elias Sports Bureau. Crow-Armstrong now has 31 home runs and has put together back-to-back seasons with 30 homers and 30 stolen bases.
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Dodgers manager Dave Roberts is impressed by Crow-Armstrong. And, naturally, by Ohtani’s six straight 30s.\n\n“You have to be available and you have to be a high performer,” Roberts said. “Shohei, this series, is back to being who he is. I like the at-bats, I like the swing decisions and he’s hitting balls out of the park on fastballs and breaking balls. When he goes, it certainly adds a lot of energy to our offense.”\n\nRegarding the MVP race, Roberts said, “I think it’s great for baseball that Pete’s made it a race. I think he is earning the praise and I think he plays a fantastic center field. He’s put up tremendous numbers.\n\n“And I honestly do think it’s going to make Shohei better, too, to have someone push him.”\n\nThe Dodgers, who came to Coors in a team-wide offensive slump, got key hits up and down the lineup in Tuesday’s victory, including an RBI double into the right-field corner by struggling Kyle Tucker in L.A.’s three-run third inning.
The Dodgers own the best road record in baseball at 39-25 and absolutely own Colorado. Since the start of the 2023 season, the Dodgers are 40-11 against the Rockies, including 19-8 at Coors Field.\n\nLefty