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On a day Los Angeles Dodgers leadoff man Mookie Betts was lost to a fractured hand, Shohei Ohtani picked up the slack at the top of the order with three of the team’s 14 hits in a 9-5 win over the Colorado Rockies on Monday. With manager Dave Roberts telling reporters Betts would likely be out for six to eight weeks, Ohtani went 3-for-5 with two doubles, two runs, a walk, an RBI and a stolen base at Denver’s Coors Field. His second-inning single drove in a run to make it 2-0 behind James Paxton (7-1). The Dodgers lefty struck out eight while allowing a run over seven innings. Ohtani’s 16th ste…

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