Emmet Sheehan provided a strong outing and Freddie Freeman homered as the Dodgers locked up the No. 2 seed in the playoffs with an 8-2 win over the Rockies.
Routinely taken for granted or disparaged, Dave Roberts deserves manager of the year consideration after leading the Dodgers to the brink of 100 wins again.The Dodgers have plenty of work to do to get there — facing an uncertain playoff path in which they’ll likely rely heavily on a core of rookie pitchers.following up strong outings from rookie teammates Bobby Miller, Ryan Pepiot and Michael Grove on Tuesday with a six-inning, two-run, 10-strikeout gem Wednesday night.
“The performance speaks volumes,” Roberts said, particularly impressed with how all his young pitchers handled the high-altitude, hitter-friendly confines of Coors Field. “For these pitcher to come into this environment, where you can expect the unexpected, tonight it just carried over to Emmet.” Offensively, the Dodgers’ eight-run outburst was keyed by three-hit games from James Outman and Miguel Rojas. David Peralta had two hits and a RBI.
Then, in the eighth inning, Freddie Freeman punctuated the performance with a three-run homer. The blast was Freeman’s 28th of the year — with 58 doubles, he still is within striking distance of MLB’s first 60-double, 30-homer season — and pushed his RBI total past 100 for the fourth time in his career.
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