Colorado Rockies at Los Angeles Dodgers

For the first 91 games of their season, the Dodgers had been able to wrap up their wins and losses within the standard nine innings. But that was not to be on Monday night. In a game where the Dodgers were giving away a bobblehead commemorating Freddie Freeman's walk-off home run in Game 3 of the World Series, nine innings were never going to be enough. At least this time, the Dodgers didn't have to play 18 innings, walking off the Rockies, 8-7, on a Dalton Rushing single in the 11th to become the first team to 60 wins in MLB. Ninety-two games is the second longest into a season a team has gone without playing an extra-inning game all time, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Only the 2005 Red Sox went longer, first going to extras in Game 99. "The games that we need to win, we win," manager Dave Roberts said. "And if there is a bottom of the ninth at home, we find a way to finish it off." The Dodgers held a 6-1 lead through four innings, getting on the board with Shohei Ohtani's 299th career home run in the third and stacking a four-spot on the Rockies one inning later. Colorado chipped away, but L.A. still held what seemed to be a comfortable three-run lead going into the ninth inning. The Rockies rallied to tie the game against left-hander Tanner Scott. They were inches away from taking the lead on a two-out bases-loaded double from Cole Carrigg that brought two runners home safely. Hunter Goodman was initially also called safe at home, but the Dodgers challenged, believing that the relay from Andy Pages to Miguel Rojas to Rushing had been on time. The review found that Rushing had tagged Goodman's hand before he reached the plate. The Rockies countered with a challenge of their own, contending that Rushing had blocked the plate. No violation was found, and the game went to the bottom of the ninth, when the Dodgers failed to score. "I thought it was close enough on our side that we should challenge him, for sure," Rushing said. "I knew I got him on the hand. Obviously, I didn't have a look on whether he stuck his hand in or not, but yeah, we've done such a great job with the little things."