Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani continues incredible run at Coors Field with two-HR game

DENVER — After a rough few weeks, the Los Angeles Dodgers were looking for a jolt to kick off a short road trip. Shohei Ohtani gave them not just one, but two at Coors Field on Monday night.

Ohtani blasted his 28th and 29th home runs as part of a four-hit night to shake the Dodgers out of their recent doldrums and post an 11-5 win over the Colorado Rockies to open a three-game set in the Mile High City.

His pair of homers traveled a total of 881 feet, helping the Dodgers score their most runs in a game since beating the San Diego Padres at Chavez Ravine 12-7 on July 2.

"Tonight was really exceptional in the sense of his pitch selection and his direction to the big part of the field that we talk about a lot," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. "When he does that, there's nobody better on the planet and it was really good to see."

Ohtani had a single in the third inning off Rockies starter Tomoyuki Sugano and then took Sugano deep in the fifth, mashing an 0-1 pitch 428 feet to the opposite field to push the Dodgers to a 6-1 advantage.