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Bill Plaschke: Championship-favorite Dodgers check all the boxes in season-opening win

Manager Dave Roberts of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates with Mookie Betts and Trea Turner after defeating the Colorado Rockies 5-3 on Opening Day at Coors Field on April 8, 2022, in Denver, Colorado.

DENVER — Gavin Lux flew. Walker Buehler spun. Freddie Freeman battled. The bullpen blasted.

Altitude met attitude Friday as the swaggering Dodgers began the 2022 season with a wry Rocky Mountain smile.

They’re going to be good. They’re going to be real good.

On a sunny afternoon at Coors Field, the Dodgers flexed every inch of their massive and versatile muscle to eventually smother the Colorado Rockies 5-3 in an opening-day victory with an ending that spoke of a belief.

With two outs and the Rockies’ Charlie Blackmon standing on second base, new Dodgers closer Craig Kimbrel struck out Kris Bryant on a flailing swing

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