DENVER -- Carlos Gonzalez hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Colorado Rockies beat the Dodgers 8-6 Saturday night, preventing Los Angeles from moving closer to clinching the NL West title.The Dodgers' magic number remained at two for closing out San Francisco in the division race.Nolan Arenado hit a grand slam for his 40th home run and Justin Morneau had four hits for the Rockies. Andre Ethier homered for the Dodgers. 
DJ LeMahieu, who had three hits, led off the ninth with a single against Yimi Garcia (3-4). Gonzalez, who also had three hits, worked the count to 3-1 before hitting a 94 mph fastball over the wall in center for his 39th home run.Justin Miller (3-2) pitched the top of the ninth for the win.Colorado's first six batters of the game got hits off Brett Anderson, with Arenado providing the big blow. He followed three straight singles with a drive over the wall in center for his third career slam.Arenado tied Toronto's Josh Donaldson for the most RBI in the majors with 121.Ethier had a two-run homer in the second to slice the deficit in half. Colorado tacked on runs in the second and third to build a 6-2 lead.The Dodgers got another run in the fifth and chased starter Kyle Kendrick with a three-run sixth to tie it.Joc Pederson's diving catch on Corey Dickerson's drive to left-center in the Colorado seventh kept the game tied at 6.RAREFIED AIRArenado became the seventh Rockies player to hit 40 or more home runs in a season and the first since the humidor was used starting in 2002.
DJ LeMahieu, who had three hits, led off the ninth with a single against Yimi Garcia (3-4). Gonzalez, who also had three hits, worked the count to 3-1 before hitting a 94 mph fastball over the wall in center for his 39th home run.Justin Miller (3-2) pitched the top of the ninth for the win.Colorado's first six batters of the game got hits off Brett Anderson, with Arenado providing the big blow. He followed three straight singles with a drive over the wall in center for his third career slam.Arenado tied Toronto's Josh Donaldson for the most RBI in the majors with 121.Ethier had a two-run homer in the second to slice the deficit in half. Colorado tacked on runs in the second and third to build a 6-2 lead.The Dodgers got another run in the fifth and chased starter Kyle Kendrick with a three-run sixth to tie it.Joc Pederson's diving catch on Corey Dickerson's drive to left-center in the Colorado seventh kept the game tied at 6.RAREFIED AIRArenado became the seventh Rockies player to hit 40 or more home runs in a season and the first since the humidor was used starting in 2002.
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