The Dodgers get one more crack at the Rockies on Wednesday night at Coors Field, and they’ve already done the heavy lifting in the series. This is also the final time these two teams will meet in 2026.
Colorado comes in with the National League’s worst record at 50-76, along with a minus-120 run differential. Only the Athletics have been worse in the American League.
Still, the Rockies have at least shown some movement forward: they won 43 games all of last season, and with five and a half weeks left, they’re already seven wins ahead of that pace. It’s a club in transition, but there’s still a long climb ahead before it can think about contention.
For the Dodgers, this matchup has been a familiar one. They’re 9-3 against Colorado this season and 50-15 in their last 65 games against the Rockies dating back to 2022.
The last time they dropped a series to Colorado was in 2022, when they lost two of three at Coors Field in both the April 8-10 and June 27-29 sets. Since then, the Dodgers have swept the Rockies eight times, including six in Los Angeles and two in Denver.
There’s also been a welcome offensive surge for Los Angeles after a month and a half of struggling to score. The Dodgers put up seven runs in the opener of the series and 11 in the second game.
The last time they scored at least seven runs in three straight games of a series against the Rockies was April 5-7, 2019, during a Dodgers sweep. And the last time they did it in any series this season was June 9-11 in Pittsburgh, when they posted 12, eight and eight runs in a series win over the Pirates.
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