Dodgers beat Rockies 5-4 behind Urías, move to 20-4 in July
and McMahon hit a sacrifice fly in the second as the Rockies got within 4-2.
The Dodgers wasted numerous chances to break it open before the nervous ninth. LA went 1 for 12 with runners in scoring position and left the bases loaded in the third and fourth., called up from Triple-A Albuquerque earlier in the day, got out of the fourth-inning jam. Kuhl lasted just 3 2/3 innings, allowing five hits and six runs with four walks and a hit batter in Colorado's seventh loss in nine games.
"I don't think his slider was as good as it was the first time around," Roberts said of Kuhl. "He was getting behind. I don't think the fastball command was as good, either. You could see, once Will hit that two-run homer, a sinker in, the body language showed. For us, he really didn't recover from that.", who missed five games before returning Wednesday, was out a second straight day.