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Sunday, Sep. 10 3:05pm ET
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DENVER (AP) -- Like most hitters, Todd Hundley enjoys playing at Coors Field. "The ball doesn't move as much here, so it doesn't have the late break like it does everywhere else," he said after homering and driving in four runs Sunday in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 12-1 rout of the Colorado Rockies. Hundley had three hits, including his 23rd homer, to raise his career numbers at Coors Field to .344 with eight homers and 39 RBI. "It's nice to hit here and the hitters definitely have an advantage," he said. "As a hitter when you come here, you have to take advantage of it, but not try and do too much." Gary Sheffield had three hits and three RBI as Los Angeles stopped a season-high five-game losing streak, and Tom Goodwin added three hits, three runs scored and two RBI against the team that traded him July 31. Darren Dreifort (11-8) allowed one run, two hits and five walks in five innings to win for the seventh time in eight decisions. He struck out six. Matt Herges pitched four innings for his first save. "Dreifort was effectively wild," Los Angeles manager Davey Johnson said. "He threw a lot of pitches and once we got the big lead I was only going to let him go five innings." Todd Helton went 0-for-3 as his batting average slipped to .382. "We weren't very good today and hadn't played very well the last two games," Colorado manager Buddy Bell said. "Pedro Astacio was OK in the first inning, but in the second inning he couldn't throw strikes." Astacio (12-9), who hadn't lost since Aug. 6, allowed a leadoff double to Goodwin and an RBI single to Mark Grudzielanek in the first inning as the Dodgers took a 1-0 lead. "That's probably the worst I've seen Astacio," Johnson said. "He was up, didn't have very good command and we jumped all over him." The Dodgers chased Astacio in a five-run second. Goodwin had a two-run single, Dreifort scored when Helton booted Grudzielanek's grounder to first for an error, and Sheffield added a two-run single. "Everyone has a bad outing," Astacio said. "I was bad today. I was bad." Dreifort held Colorado hitless until the fourth, when he walked Jeffrey Hammonds and Todd Walker starting the inning. Jeff Cirillo drove in Hammonds with an RBI single. Los Angeles made it 8-1 in the fifth on RBI doubles by Shawn Green and Hundley off Pete Walker. Los Angeles scored four more in the sixth off Walker, highlighted by Hundley's three-run homer. Game notesThis was the 33rd time a team reached double-figure runs at Coors Field this year. ... Los Angeles hasn't lost six straight since June 25-July 3 last year. ... Goodwin has an 11-game hitting streak. He's 15-for-44 over that stretch. ... The Dodgers have never been swept by the Rockies at Coors Field. ... Buddy Bell was ejected for the eighth time this season after arguing a play at the plate in the fifth inning. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Los Angeles Clubhouse Colorado Clubhouse RECAPS NY Yankees 6 Boston 2
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