LOS ANGELES -- - Teoscar Hernández hit two home runs and Emmet Sheehan pitched seven splendid innings to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers past the Colorado Rockies 7-2 on Tuesday night.

Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts also went deep for the Dodgers, who increased their lead in the NL West to two games over San Diego. The second-place Padres lost 4-2 at home to Cincinnati.

Sheehan (6-3) allowed three hits and struck out nine. He retired his first 15 batters before Kyle Karros , son of former Dodgers first baseman Eric Karros, singled to left field leading off the sixth.

In 2023, Sheehan threw six no-hit innings in his major league debut.

The right-hander yielded just one run Tuesday, when Tyler Freeman hit an RBI single in the sixth.

Betts hit a two-run homer to left-center

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