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 to start the 10th inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied past the Colorado Rockies 7-5 on Sept. 23 to tighten the NL West chase. “We know we’re a great team. We know we can come back from any situation,” Muncy said. “But sometimes when you have a come-from-behind win like that, it reaffirms it and gets it fresh in people’s minds.” Scherzer was in the clubhouse as he watched the drama unfold. He just knew that Trea Turner was going to come through with that two-out RBI single to tie it up in the …