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Kenta Maeda's strikeouts have Dodgers in striking distance

LOS ANGELES - Kenta Maeda balled his right hand into a fist and hopped off the mound. A scream escaped his lungs after he executed his 97th pitch of the evening, a well-placed changeup that resulted in his 10th strikeout, ended the top of the sixth inning and erased a threat from the Colorado Rockies in a 3-0 Los Angeles Dodgers victory. Maeda skipped into his dugout as the crowd at Dodger Stadium rose to salute him.

In an upset, it was

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