Julio Urias tied a career high with 12 strikeouts and Miguel Rojas drove in four runs, including a go-ahead home run, as the Los Angeles Dodgers finished off a four-game sweep of the visiting Colorado Rockies with an 8-3 victory Sunday.
Mookie Betts had a two-run double as the Dodgers won their season-high eighth consecutive game. Los Angeles also has won 12 of their last 13 and is a baseball-best 20-8 in the second half.
Alan Trejo hit a two-run home run for the Rockies while right-hander Kyle Freeland saw his winless streak extend to 14 consecutive starts. Freeland moved into a tie for the major league lead in losses. The Dodgers took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a single from Max Muncy and made it 2-0 on Rojas' infield fly to second base that Colorado's Brendan Rodgers lost in the sun.
Cole Tucker pulled the Rockies within a run in the third inning with an RBI single before the Dodgers' Amed Rosario made it a 3-1 advantage on an RBI single.
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