DENVER—Colorado pitcher Ryan Feltner has a skull fracture and concussion after getting hit by a line drive off the bat of Philadelphia’s Nick Castellanos. Feltner was injured Saturday night and was discharged from Swedish Medical Center on Sunday. He will not need surgery. “Overall, he’s fine,” Colorado manager Bud Black said before Sunday’s game. “I…

LOS ANGELES—Will Smith is settling in quickly batting third in the Dodgers’ order. Smith hit a two-run homer, Julio Urías tossed six scoreless innings to outpitch Germán Márquez, and Los Angeles defeated the Colorado Rockies 5–2 on Tuesday night. A night earlier, the Dodgers pounded out 13 hits and 13 runs to beat the Rockies….

DENVER—The ever-reliable Max Scherzer just couldn’t get his usual grip on the baseball in the thin air at Coors Field. He licked his hand. He held the ball tighter. But nothing seemed to work. No worries, his teammates had his back on a rare off day for the three-time Cy Young winner. Max Muncy homered…

DENVER—First Julio Urías. Now Walker Buehler. That’s back-to-back off outings from key cogs in a Los Angeles rotation that boasted the best ERA in baseball. Logging too many innings? Wearing down? Dodgers manager Dave Roberts had a simpler explanation: “All guys have some bit of fatigue right now,” he said. Sam Hilliard lined a three-run…

DENVER—Pinch-hitter Albert Pujols drew on his vast baseball wisdom to get that clutch hit. Once he reached first base, he celebrated like a kid. Pennant chases will do that. Pujols drove in the go-ahead run with a single up the middle in the 10th inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers overcame a rare off night…

LOS ANGELES—Antonio Senzatela pitched seven sparkling innings, C.J. Cron slugged a three-run homer and the Colorado Rockies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-0 on Sunday, taking two of three from the defending World Series champions. Senzatela (3-9) cooled off the Dodgers, winners of 17 of 20, by allowing two hits in just their fourth shutout…