LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — Mookie Betts homered twice and drove in five runs as the Los Angeles Dodgers overwhelmed the Colorado Rockies 15-6 Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium.

Betts launched a two-run homer in the first inning and added a three-run blast in the sixth, part of a 17-hit attack that included home runs from Enrique Hernandez, Andy Pages and Will Smith. The Dodgers scored in five of the first six innings, building a 15-0 lead before Colorado erupted for five runs in the ninth.

The victory improved Los Angeles to 35-20, while Colorado dropped to 20-36. Eric Lauer earned the win, allowing one earned run on four hits over six innings with four strikeouts. He improved to 2-5. Kyle Freeland took the loss, falling to 1-6 after surrendering eight runs, seven earned, on nine hits in three and two-thirds innings.

Attendance was 52,148. The game lasted 2 hours, 33 minutes.

Colorado opened the scoring in the second inning on a solo home run by Hunter Goodman, his 12th of the season, to give the Rockies a 1-0 lead.

Los Angeles answered immediately. After Freeland retired the first two batters of the bottom of the first, Freddie Freeman singled. Betts followed with a homer to center field, his fifth of the season, for a 2-1 lead.

The Dodgers extended their advantage in the third. Hernandez led off with his first homer, a solo shot to left, tying the game at 2-2. Andy Pages followed with a solo homer, his 12th, to make it 4-2.

The Dodgers broke the game open in the fourth. Miguel Rojas singled and Hernandez doubled, putting runners at second and third. Shohei Ohtani was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Pages cleared them with a double to center, scoring Hernandez and Ohtani for a 5-2 lead. Freeman added a sacrifice fly, scoring Pages and making it 8-2.

Colorado managed only a single by Willi Castro in the fifth but could not score.

Los Angeles added two more in the fifth. Teoscar Hernandez singled, Will Smith was hit by a pitch, and Rojas doubled to left, driving in Hernandez. Hyeseong Kim followed with a sacrifice fly, scoring Smith for a 10-2 lead.

The Dodgers poured it on in the sixth. Pages led off with a ground-rule double. Freeman walked. Betts then crushed his second homer of the game, a three-run shot to left-center, his sixth, making it 13-2. Kyle Tucker singled, and Smith homered to center, his fifth, scoring Tucker and pushing the lead to 15-2.

Colorado showed life in the ninth. Ezequiel Tovar grounded out to start the inning. Brett Sullivan then homered, his first of the season, to cut the lead to 15-3. Braxton Fulford singled and Jake McCarthy singled, putting runners at first and second. Kyle Karros launched a three-run homer, his second, scoring Fulford and McCarthy and making it 15-6. Troy Johnston doubled. Chad Stevens grounded out, moving Johnston to third. Sterlin Thompson singled to left, scoring Johnston for the final run. Tyler Freeman and Tovar added singles to load the bases, but Sullivan flied out to end the game.

Freeman, Hernandez and Betts each had two hits for the Dodgers. Rojas also had two hits and an RBI. Pages drove in three runs with two doubles and a homer. Hernandez went 2 for 2 with a homer and an RBI.

For Colorado, Karros drove in three runs with his homer. Goodman homered. Sullivan homered and doubled. The Rockies outhit the Dodgers 12-5 after the sixth inning but could not overcome the early deficit.

The Dodgers have won two straight and six of their last seven against Colorado, including Monday’s 5-3 victory. The teams conclude the series Wednesday.

Los Angeles continues its homestand Friday when the Philadelphia Phillies visit. Colorado returns home Friday to host the San Francisco Giants.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Colorado Rockies 3. Interstat’s ELO system had projected the Dodgers with an 81.70 percent probability to win. Los Angeles was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5. The combined 21 runs went under the over-under line of 8.5.