Ohtani homers, leads Dodgers to rout

DODGERS 11, ROCKIES 4

Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani tosses his bat after hitting a home run off Colorado relief pitcher Anthony Molina on Friday in Denver. PHOTOS BY DAVID ZALUBOWSKI — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Colorado starting pitcher Cal Quantrill works against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday in Denver.

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By Patrick Saunders

psaunders@denverpost.com

It was a glorious Friday night at Coors Field. Unless, of course, you played for the Rockies, who were blasted 11-4.

But if you were a blue-clad Dodgers fan — and there were plenty of them — it provided a chance to cheer on a team that locked up the National League West title for the 11th time in the last 12 seasons by defeating the Padres on Thursday night.

And if you were simply a fan of baseball legends, you got to see Shohei Ohtani continue his supernatural season.

The Dodgers’ designated hitter, who’s a lock to win National League MVP, supplied the in-game pyrotechnics long before the postgame fireworks that drew an announced sellout crowd of 48,750 to the ballpark.

Ohtani hit 4 for 5, slugged a three-run homer to the second deck above right field in the sixth inning, drove in four runs, and stole his 57th base.

His homer was his 54th. He’s swiped 34 consecutive bags without getting thrown out.

Wait, there’s more. Ohtani stole a base and homered in the same game for the 16th time this season, extending his major league record. And he has an OPS of 1.041.

Chants of “MVP!” greeted Ohtani after his 436-foot moonshot off reliever Anthony Molina.

The Rockies, who are 3-7 against Los Angeles this season, took another shaky step toward their second consecutive 100-loss season. With a 61-99 record, they must beat the Dodgers in the season’s final two games to avoid the ignominy of triple-digit losses.

It was an ugly final start of the season for right-hander Cal Quantrill, who got the hook after only 3 1/3 innings.

The Dodgers, who pounded out 15 hits, raked Quantrill for seven of them, including a two-run blast to left by Teoscar Hernandez in the first inning and a leadoff homer by Andy Pages in the fourth.

Quantrill finished his season 8-11 with a 4.98 ERA.

The right-hander, who began the season so strong, has faltered. Over his last 15 starts, he’s served up 15 home runs and has a 6.88 ERA.

There was a sprinkling of good news for Colorado.

Shortstop Ezequiel Tovar went 2 for 4, tripling home Charlie Blackmon in the first inning and driving in Jake Cave with a single in the fifth. Left fielder Nolan Jones hit 2 for 4 with two RBIs.