Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
LA Dodgers 6, Colorado 5
When: 10:10 PM ET, Friday, May 7, 2010
Where: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Gary Darling, 1B - Bill Hohn, 2B - Bruce Dreckman, 3B - Paul Emmel
Attendance: 40567

Matt Kemp’s sixth-inning triple drove in the go-ahead run to help the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-5 victory over the visiting Colorado Rockies on Friday night.

Kemp’s triple to right-center field scored Jamey Carroll with the decisive run.

Jonathan Broxton pitched the ninth for his second save of the season.

The Dodgers had taken a 5-3 lead by scoring three runs in the fifth. Andre Ethier doubled in one run and scored on Casey Blake’s single. Blake scored later in the inning on a single by Russell Martin.

Colorado tied the score in the top of the sixth on Seth Smith’s run-scoring single and Todd Helton’s sacrifice fly.

Jeff Weaver (1-1) picked up the win in relief for his 100th career victory. Matt Daley (0-1) took the loss for Colorado by allowing a run for just the second time in 16 appearances.

Los Angeles starter Hiroki Kuroda had his roughest outing of the season by allowing five runs – four earned – and nine hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Colorado starter Esmil Rogers gave up five runs – four earned – and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Colorado   LA Dodgers
Esmil Rogers Player Hiroki Kuroda
No Decision W/L No Decision
4.2 IP 5.1
5 Strikeouts 3
7 Hits 9
7.71 ERA 6.75
Hitting
Colorado   LA Dodgers
Carlos Gonzalez Player Casey Blake
2 Hits 2
2 RBI 1
0 HR 0
2 TB 3
.500 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Colorado 11 0 14 .333 17 7 5 7 1 1
LA Dodgers 9 0 15 .273 16 7 6 2 2 1