Dodgers beat Rockies 5-3 but Colorado avoids another shutout in 4th straight loss

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts hit a two-run homer, Shohei Ohtani also went deep and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Colorado 5-3 on Monday night, sending the major league-worst Rockies to their fourth straight loss.

The Rockies have dropped six of seven, but they scored for the first time since last Thursday on Kyle Farmer’s RBI double in the sixth. They were outscored 16-0 in three losses to San Diego last weekend and have just three wins so far while losing nine of 10 on the road.

Dustin May (1-1) got his first victory since May 6, 2023, allowing one run and three hits in six innings. He struck out seven and walked none. Tanner Scott pitched the ninth for his fifth save.

Betts' fourth homer of the season made it 2-0 in the first. Ohtani hit his fifth homer leading off the fifth, a 408-foot shot to center field. Will Smith had an RBI single in the fifth, and his bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the sixth made it 5-1.

Colorado closed to 5-3 in the seventh on Hunter Goodman's two-run homer off Anthony Banda.

Antonio Senzatela (0-3) gave up four runs and nine hits in 4 1/3 innings.

The top of the Dodgers' lineup carried the offense. Ohtani, Betts, Freddie Freeman and Smith were a combined 9 for 17 with five runs, five RBIs and one walk. The Dodgers had just three strikeouts.

Dodgers reliever Kirby Yates put the potential tying and go-ahead runs on base with two outs in the eighth on a double by Farmer and a walk to Ryan McMahon. Yates induced a groundout to first by Michael Toglia that Freeman briefly bobbled before ending the inning. Scott had runners at the corners in the ninth before getting the final two outs.

Rockies RHP Ryan Feltner (0-0, 2.81 ERA) starts against Dodgers RHP Landon Knack (1-0, 10.38) on Jackie Robinson Day around the majors Tuesday.

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Colorado Rockies' Hunter Goodman celebrates his two-run home run in the dugout during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Enrique Hernández, top, turns a double play over the slide by Zac Veen during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Los Angeles, Monday, April 14, 2025. Adael Amador was out at first. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, right, celebrates after his solo home run with third base coach Dino Ebel, left, during the third inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in Los Angeles, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Antonio Senzatela delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Dustin May delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in Los Angeles, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Colorado Rockies' Nick Martini celebrates after scoring on an RBI double by Kyle Farmer during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Colorado Rockies shortstop Ezequiel Tovar, top, turns a double play over a sliding Los Angeles Dodgers' Freddie Freeman (5) during the first inning of a baseball game in Los Angeles, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Colorado Rockies' Hunter Goodman hits a two-run home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani (17) bumps his head with first base coach/infield coach Chris Woodward (84) after hitting a single during the first inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in Los Angeles, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Edmonton Oilers forward Jeff Skinner finally made his Stanley Cup playoff debut Monday night after 15 seasons and a league-record 1,078 regular season games.

Skinner ended the longest wait for a postseason debut in NHL history by contributing an assist in the Oilers' wild 6-5 loss to the Los Angeles Kings in Game 1 of their first-round series.

Skinner, who turns 33 years old next month, has been an NHL regular since he was 18. He has racked up six 30-goal seasons and 699 total points while scoring 373 goals in a standout career.

But Skinner spent his first eight seasons with Carolina, which missed nine consecutive postseasons during the 2010s, and the next six with the woebegone Buffalo Sabres, whose current 14-season playoff drought is the league's longest.

Skinner signed with Edmonton as a free agent last summer, but struggled to nail down a consistent role in the Oilers' lineup in the first half of the season. His game improved markedly in the second half, and he scored 16 goals this season while entering the playoffs as Edmonton's third-line left wing.

Skinner's teammates have been thrilled to end his drought this month. Connor McDavid presented Skinner with the championship belt that serves as their player of the game award after the Oilers clinched their sixth straight playoff berth two weeks ago.

Skinner's line got less playing time than the Oilers' top two groups while Edmonton mounted a four-goal comeback against the Kings, but it was also responsible for the Oilers' second goal. Skinner got the secondary assist when Mattias Janmark scored early in the third period to trim Los Angeles' lead to 4-2.

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Edmonton Oilers center Mattias Janmark, right, celebrates his goal with center Jeff Skinner during the third period in Game 1 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Kings, Monday, April 21, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Edmonton Oilers center Jeff Skinner, left, moves the puck while under pressure from Los Angeles Kings left wing Warren Foegele during the first period in Game 1 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series Monday, April 21, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)