LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — Roki Sasaki bounced back from two rough outings with six strong innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning to edge the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium.

The Dodgers took a 3-0 lead in the first inning but Colorado tied the game with three runs over the next two innings. The score remained deadlocked until the bottom of the eighth, when the Dodgers pushed across the winning run against Rockies reliever Antonio Senzatela.

Sasaki, who had allowed six earned runs in three innings against San Diego on July 2 and three earned runs in four innings at San Diego on June 26, worked six innings and held Colorado to four hits and three earned runs while striking out five. The right-hander walked two and did not factor into the decision.

Edgardo Henriquez pitched a third of an inning of scoreless relief to earn the win, improving to 4-0. Tanner Scott worked a perfect ninth with two strikeouts for his 13th save.

Senzatela took the loss, falling to 8-1, after allowing three hits and one earned run in one inning of work.

Attendance was 49,996 and the game lasted 2 hours, 25 minutes.

The Dodgers improved to 61-33, while the Rockies fell to 38-56.

Colorado had won the opener of the three-game series on Tuesday, 4-3, while the Dodgers had taken the series opener on Monday in 11 innings, 8-7.

The Rockies jumped in front early in the top of the first, but it was the Dodgers who struck first in the bottom half.

Shohei Ohtani led off the bottom of the first with a flyout to right, but Tommy Edman followed with a single to center. Freddie Freeman doubled to left, sending Edman to third. Mookie Betts walked to load the bases, and Max Muncy also walked to force in Edman for a 1-0 lead.

Teoscar Hernandez struck out swinging, but Kyle Tucker delivered a two-run single to left, scoring Freeman and Betts to extend the lead to 3-0. Alex Call struck out swinging to end the inning.

Colorado answered in the top of the second. After TJ Rumfield popped out, Kyle Karros homered to left-center, his eighth of the season, cutting the deficit to 3-1. Troy Johnston grounded out, but Edouard Julien followed with a solo homer to right-center, his third, making it 3-2. Ezequiel Tovar grounded out to end the inning.

The Rockies tied the game in the top of the third. Brett Sullivan walked, then Jake McCarthy grounded out to short, moving Sullivan to third. Mickey Moniak lifted a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Sullivan and knotting the score at 3-3. Cole Carrigg grounded out to second to end the inning.

Both starting pitchers settled in after that. Colorado’s Gabriel Hughes matched Sasaki with six innings of four-hit, three-run ball, striking out seven. Hughes allowed two walks.

The game remained 3-3 through the middle innings. The Rockies threatened in the top of the fourth when Rumfield singled and Karros doubled, putting runners at second and third with no outs. But Johnston struck out on a foul tip, Julien was called out on strikes and Tovar flew out to right to end the inning.

In the top of the eighth, Colorado had another chance. Braxton Fulford reached on a throwing error by third baseman Max Muncy. McCarthy hit a ground-rule double to right, putting runners at second and third with no outs. Hunter Goodman struck out swinging. Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia intentionally walked Carrigg to load the bases. Rumfield struck out swinging and Karros flew out to right to end the inning.

The Dodgers broke through in the bottom of the eighth. Senzatela entered for Colorado and faced Ohtani, who struck out looking. Edman singled to right. Freeman singled to right, moving Edman to third. Betts then singled to center, scoring Edman and giving the Dodgers a 4-3 lead. Muncy struck out swinging and Hernandez flew out to right to end the inning.

Scott retired the Rockies in order in the ninth, striking out two.

Key performances included Karros going 2-for-4 with a home run and an RBI. Julien was 1-for-2 with a home run and an RBI. For the Dodgers, Tommy Edman had two hits and scored twice. Betts drove in the go-ahead run.

Colorado had five hits in the game, while the Dodgers had seven.

The Rockies head to San Francisco for a four-game series starting Thursday. The Dodgers host Arizona for a three-game set beginning Friday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Colorado Rockies 5. Interstat’s ELO system gave the Dodgers a 79.60 percent probability to win. Los Angeles was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total score of seven went under the over/under line of 9.5.