e several big throws Thursday, completing 4-of-7 (57.1 percent) passes thrown 15-plus yards downfield -- including the big third-and-10 conversion in the fourth, and the long touchdown to Ted Ginn Jr. just before the end of the first half.Four of Newtons best five completion percentages 15-plus yards

DENVER -- Colorado Rockies pitcher Tyler Chatwood left a couple of change-ups up in the zone and the Los Angeles Dodgers made him pay.Corey Seager homered and Yasmani Grandal hit a two-run triple off Chatwood in the fifth inning as the Rockies fell to the Dodgers 4-2 on Thursday night.Chatwood (10-7) allowed four runs and nine hits in six innings for Colorado, which trails by three games for the NLs second wild card. David Dahl hit a two-run homer in the fourth and has hit safely in his first 10 games in the majors.With the Dodgers trailing 2-1, Seager hit a solo homer in the fifth, his 19th of the season -- tying the Dodgers shortstop mark set by Hanley Ramirez in 2013. Grandal had a two-run triple later in the inning.Chatwood said both of those hits came on change-ups he left over the plate.Those two pitches cost us a game, Chatwood said. I dont throw that pitch a lot and I left it up in the zone. They didnt miss it.Kenta Maeda (10-7) allowed two runs over 5 2/3 innings, giving up four hits and striking out five for the Dodgers, who lead the NL wild-card race.Maeda, who walked none and hit two batters, has allowed three runs in 18 2/3 innings against the Rockies, with 22 strikeouts and two walks.We knew what to expect (with Maeda), Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. Hes been tough on us. ... He pitches backwards and you never know what you are going to get.Pedro Baez and Joe Blanton combined for 2 1/3 scoreless innings, and Kenley Jansen threw a hitless ninth for his 32nd save in 37 chances.Colorado scored 19 runs and had 28 hits in the first two games of the series. The Rockies lost for just the second time in nine games.For us to salvage the series was huge, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. This is a tough place to win.HOME FIELDINGJoc Pedersons sharp groundball down the right-field line had a chance to score Grandal from first in the second inning, but a fan leaned over the wall and scooped up the ball. Pederson was given a double, and Maeda hit an inning-ending flyout. The fan was removed from the game.ICHIRO 3,000 WATCHMiamis Ichiro Suzuki comes to Coors Field two hits from becoming the 30th player to reach 3,000 in the major leagues. He is 0 for 10 since his last hit, on July 28. With left-hander Jorge De La Rosa starting for the Rockies on Friday, it is not clear whether Suzuki will start.DAYTON ADDED TO BULLPENThe Dodgers added a ninth arm to their bullpen on Thursday, recalling LHP Grant Dayton from Triple-A Oklahoma City and optioning RHP Brock Stewart to Triple-A. Stewart allowed nine runs in four-plus innings in a 12-2 loss to the Rockies on Wednesday.TRAINERS ROOMDodgers: LHP Rich Hill (blister on hand) played catch Thursday and hopes to start for the Dodgers on Sunday against Boston. We havent locked it in, Roberts said, but I think our goal is for Rich to make the start on Sunday.Rockies: OF Daniel Descalso tripped, but still made a head-first catch into the left field wall off the bat of Seager in the third. He left the game after the inning with a bruised left shoulder. ... OF Carlos Gonzalez was out of the lineup after spraining his left ankle in the seventh inning Wednesday. He said he expects to back in the lineup Friday. ... SS Trevor Story (thumb) underwent surgery to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament. Everything went well, Weiss said. No surprises.UP NEXTDodgers: LHP Scott Kazmir (9-4, 4.41 ERA) is to start Friday against Boston and knuckleballer Steven Wright. 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Roman Josi had a goal and an assist to lead the Predators to a 4-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Monday night.A look inside some of the key statistics from both quarterbacks from Thursday nights AFC South showdown between the Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints:To blitz or not to blitz? On third and 10 with 2:39 remaining and with only one timeout left, the Saints opted to send four pass rushers after Cam Newton, which gave him time to find Kelvin Benjamin for an 18-yard gain that allowed the Panthers to keep possession and drain the clock.Should the Saints have blitzed?Entering the game, the Panthers had converted at an above-average rate on third-down dropbacks when opponents blitzed, and were well below league average when not blitzed. They also far exceeded league average when blitzed needing 10-plus yards.Those trends were holding true Thursday prior to the fateful conversion. The Panthers had one conversion on six third-down dropbacks when not blitzed prior to the completion to Benjamin. They were 3-of-6 against the blitz, converting three of their last four.Newtons big throws dwarf overall inefficiency Cam Newton completed just 42.4 percent of his passes Thursday, his worst completion percentage in any win of his career.dddddddddddd Despite the low clip, Newton did make several big throws Thursday, completing 4-of-7 (57.1 percent) passes thrown 15-plus yards downfield -- including the big third-and-10 conversion in the fourth, and the long touchdown to Ted Ginn Jr. just before the end of the first half.Four of Newtons best five completion percentages 15-plus yards downfield have now occurred in Panthers wins this season.Too little, too late for Brees? Drew Brees average pass traveled 4.2 yards past the line of scrimmage Thursday, the third-shortest single-game average of his Saints career and his shortest since 2011.Brees threw a season-high 31 attempts within five yards of the line of scrimmage in the game, and potentially waited too long to start airing it out further.Why so many short passes?Brees was blitzed on only 13 percent of his dropbacks Thursday (6 of 47), the lowest blitz rate hes faced this season, which means he faced at least seven in coverage on 87 percent of his dropbacks. ' ' '