Colorado Rockies at Los Angeles Dodgers: Final Score & Recap

The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Colorado Rockies 4-1 on June 1, 2024, at Dodger Stadium, a result that moved the DiamondIQ model's estimate of a home win from 76% before first pitch to 100% by the final out. The game's early innings proved decisive, with Los Angeles doing the bulk of its damage in the second and fourth frames against Rockies starter Cal Quantrill. Colorado managed nine hits but converted just one run, with two errors compounding its offensive inefficiency against a Dodgers staff that largely controlled the night.

The second inning produced the game's single biggest play by win-probability impact, as Jason Heyward laced a double off Quantrill that shifted the DiamondIQ model 8.4 percentage points in the Dodgers' favor. Colorado briefly answered with a run of its own in the top half of that inning, but a Sean Bouchard strikeout against Yoshinobu Yamamoto swung win probability 7.4 points back toward Los Angeles, effectively neutralizing the threat. The fourth inning brought another damaging sequence for the Rockies, with Enrique Hernández singling for a 7.7-point swing in the Dodgers' direction, though Gavin Lux grounding into a double play trimmed that momentum by 7.0 points and kept the margin from widening further.

Heyward finished as the game's most impactful offensive performer, generating a cumulative 9.7% WPA and a RE24 of plus-0.7 to pace the Dodgers. Teoscar Hernández contributed a plus-3.6% WPA, while Bouchard's plus-3.0% WPA reflected the value his early out provided to Los Angeles by ending a Colorado rally. On the pitching side, Yamamoto led all pitchers with a plus-6.1% WPA, supported by Daniel Hudson at plus-5.0% and Nick Mears at plus-4.9%, a trio that collectively shut down whatever offensive chances Colorado could generate after the second inning.