LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — Juan Mejia scattered two hits over two and one-third scoreless innings of relief and Jordan Romano earned his sixth save as the Colorado Rockies rallied past the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium before a crowd of 47,806.

The Rockies, who entered with a 38-55 record, trailed 3-1 entering the eighth inning but capitalized on two Dodgers errors to plate three runs and take the lead. The victory came one night after Colorado fell to Los Angeles 8-7 in 11 innings in the opener of this four-game series.

Mejia, now 2-6 on the season, relieved Colorado starter Michael Lorenzen with one out in the fifth inning after the Dodgers had taken a 2-0 lead. Mejia allowed one inherited runner to score on a sixth-inning single by Alex Freeland, but otherwise held Los Angeles in check. Romano worked a perfect ninth inning for his sixth save, striking out Freddie Freeman with a runner on second to end the game.

Will Klein, the Dodgers’ fourth pitcher, took the loss after a disastrous three-batter eighth inning. Klein, now 3-3, entered with Colorado trailing 3-1 and surrendered a single to Cole Carrigg, a fielder’s choice that scored a run on an error by shortstop Miguel Rojas, and then a sacrifice bunt that turned into a two-run throwing error by second baseman Alex Freeland.

The Dodgers had seized control early behind a solo home run by Shohei Ohtani in the first inning and added runs in the fifth and sixth. Ohtani’s 20th homer of the season, a line drive to center field off Lorenzen, put Los Angeles ahead 1-0. The Dodgers extended the lead to 2-0 in the fifth when Andy Pages drew a bases-loaded walk, forcing in Freeland.

Colorado answered in the sixth with a run on a groundout by Jake McCarthy, cutting the deficit to 2-1. The Dodgers, however, regained a two-run cushion in the bottom half when Freeland lined an RBI single to left field off Mejia, scoring Tommy Edman after Edman had reached on a throwing error by first baseman TJ Rumfield.

The Rockies’ decisive eighth inning began with a walk to Kyle Karros. After TJ Rumfield popped out, Carrigg singled to right field, moving Karros to second. Tyler Freeman then hit a grounder to shortstop that Miguel Rojas bobbled for an error, allowing Karros to score and putting runners at first and third with no outs.

Jake McCarthy then laid down a sacrifice bunt to third baseman Max Muncy. Muncy threw to second base for the force, but second baseman Alex Freeland’s relay throw to first sailed wide of the bag, allowing both Carrigg and Freeman to score. The two-run error gave Colorado a 4-3 lead.

The Dodgers had a chance in the ninth when Freeland led off with a single off Romano and Teoscar Hernández walked. But Romano induced a popout from Ohtani, a flyout from Pages and a swinging strikeout from Freeman to end the game.

The Rockies finished with eight hits, matching the Dodgers’ total. Freeland, who went 3 for 4 with an RBI, was the only Dodgers player with multiple hits. Freeman was 2 for 5. Colorado’s Willi Castro singled in the ninth but was left stranded.

Dodgers starter Justin Wrobleski turned in a strong outing, allowing one earned run on six hits over seven innings while striking out nine and walking two. He left with a 3-1 lead but did not factor in the decision.

Lorenzen lasted four and one-third innings for the Rockies, yielding two runs, one earned, on four hits while striking out three. He walked four.

The win was Colorado’s third in its last four games after beating San Francisco 7-6 on July 5 and Miami 14-4 on July 2. The Dodgers, who fell to 60-33, had won four of their previous five, including a three-game sweep of San Diego.

The two teams will conclude their series Wednesday night. Colorado then travels to San Francisco for four games, while Los Angeles is off Thursday before hosting Arizona for a three-game set beginning Friday.

In other key moments, Ohtani’s homer was his first in four at-bats in the game. Freeland’s three-hit night was a bright spot for a Dodgers offense that otherwise managed little after the fifth inning. The Rockies’ bullpen, after allowing a run in the sixth, retired the final seven Dodgers batters in order.

The game was played in 2 hours, 30 minutes.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Colorado Rockies 5. Interstat’s ELO system had projected the Dodgers with a 79.40 percent probability to win. The Dodgers had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total score of seven went under the over-under line of nine.