McMahon's tiebreaking homer lifts last-place Rockies over NL West-leading Dodgers 6-3

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ryan McMahon hit a tiebreaking homer in the fifth inning and the last-place Colorado Rockies regrouped after blowing a three-run lead to beat the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers 6-3 on Saturday night.

The loss by the 92-win Dodgers assured that for the first time since 2014 no team in the major leagues will win 100 games, not including the 60-game, pandemic-shortened 2020 season.

The Dodgers’ division lead dropped to three games over second-place San Diego, which beat the Chicago White Sox. Los Angeles managed just one hit after the fifth.

Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani stole his 53rd base in the ninth. He has swiped 30 straight bases without being caught dating to July 23.

“He gets the big lead and it feels like five steps he's at second base,” Rockies catcher Jacob Stallings said.

Ohtani, the newly crowned 50-50 king, remained at 52 homers. He singled, walked, scored and struck out on his final giveaway night of the season. The first 40,000 fans in the sellout crowd of 52,267 received an Ohtani T-shirt. Earlier, his two bobblehead promotions snarled traffic and created long lines.

The Dodgers loaded the bases against Seth Halvorsen with two outs in the ninth. Ohtani singled and Freddie Freeman and Tommy Edman walked before Max Muncy went down swinging.

“A really good win for us,” Rockies starter Cal Quantrill said. “At times we’ve had a hard time holding leads. Our bullpen in the last few weeks has been terrific and gave me the freedom to pitch the way I wanted to.”

Halvorsen earned his first major league save. He found out after the eighth that he would pitch the ninth.

“Seth's been super impressive to all of us older guys,” Stallings said. “He didn't look like his heartbeat was fast at all.”

McMahon homered off starter Walker Buehler (1-6), giving the third baseman his fifth consecutive 20-homer season.

Four of the Rockies' six runs came on two-out, two-strike hits, including Charlie Blackmon's two-run homer in the ninth off Daniel Hudson.

Fans booed Rockies reliever Luis Peralta (5-3) for hitting Ohtani on his right elbow with a pitch in the sixth. Ohtani isn't pitching this season as he rehabilitates from the elbow surgery he had in September 2023.

Colorado led 3-0 on Michael Toglia's fielder's choice grounder to Buehler in the first. Buehler's throw to the plate was too high, allowing Blackmon to score after he doubled and went to third on a wild pitch. Ezequiel Tovar doubled down the left-field line for two runs with two outs in the second.

The Dodgers pulled to 3-2 on Mookie Betts' two-run homer in the third that scored Ohtani, who walked. They tied it at 3 on Hunter Feduccia's RBI single with two outs in the fourth.

Buehler gave up four runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings, struck out a season-high nine and walked one.

“I think I’ve had some rough patches and really questioned if I have the stuff to compete,” Buehler said, “and tonight I felt like I could compete, and just didn’t make the big pitches in the big spots, or kind of made little mistakes and in the big spots, and that’s frustrating.”

Quantrill allowed three runs and six hits in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out five and walked four.

“The battle was good,” Quantrill said. “We got the outs when we needed them and we didn’t give in.”

TRAINER'S ROOM

Rockies: CF Brenton Doyle (left knee tendinitis) was scratched for the second straight day.

Dodgers: LHP Anthony Banda (broken left hand) could return as soon as he's eligible, which is Wednesday.

UP NEXT

Rockies: RHP Antonio Senzatela (0-0, 6.00 ERA) makes his second start Sunday since returning from a 16-month rehab after Tommy John surgery.

Dodgers: RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-2, 2.63) makes his third start since coming off the injured list.

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Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) reaches third as Teoscar Hernández lines out during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in Los Angeles, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Colorado Rockies' Charlie Blackmon, top, heads to first for a two-run home run as Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Daniel Hudson, left, watches during the ninth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Colorado Rockies designated hitter Charlie Blackmon (19) celebrates with Jake Cave (11) and Ezequiel Tovar (14) after hitting a home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Cave also scored. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, right, congratulates Mookie Betts after Betts hit a two-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Colorado Rockies' Ezequiel Tovar breaks his bat as he hits into a double play during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Mookie Betts, right, heads to first for a two-run home run as Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Cal Quantrill watches during the third inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) runs to second as Colorado Rockies second baseman Brendan Rodgers (7) throws to first during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Los Angeles, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Mookie Betts grounded out in to a double play. Betts out at first, and Ohtani out at second. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Colorado Rockies second baseman Brendan Rodgers can't get to a ball hit for an RBI single by Los Angeles Dodgers' Hunter Feduccia during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Colorado Rockies' Jacob Stallings, center, scores on as double by Ezequiel Tovar as Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Hunter Feduccia puts a late take on him during the second inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Mookie Betts (50) celebrates with designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) after hitting a home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in Los Angeles, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Ohtani also scored. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Mookie Betts (50) runs the bases after hitting a home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in Los Angeles, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Shohei Ohtani also scored. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) runs as he grounds out during the first inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in Los Angeles, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Colorado Rockies' Charlie Blackmon, right, scores under the tag of Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Hunter Feduccia after Michael Toglia hit into a fielder's choice during the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Walker Buehler throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Cal Quantrill throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Colorado Rockies' Jacob Stallings, right, scores on a double by Ezequiel Tovar as Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Hunter Feduccia takes a late throw on during the second inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An extremely wealthy Chinese immigrant and his wife amassed a brood of 21 children through a surrogacy scheme and raised them in a “house of horrors,” prosecutors alleged Tuesday.

Guojun Xuan, 66, and Silvia Zhang, 39, were arrested at their sprawling mansion in Arcadia, a city about 13 miles (20 kilometers) northeast of downtown Los Angeles.

The children suffered daily beatings from cruel nannies as the couple watched over a network of surveillance cameras and laughed, according to prosecutors. The couple allegedly recruited women across the country to serve as surrogates, promising them that they were just looking for another child to grow their family.

The couple face several counts of child abuse as well as conspiracy to commit child abuse, accessory after the fact and dissuading a witness, according to Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman.

“This case is unprecedented. It is horrific,” he said during a morning news conference. “The physical abuse, beating and punishment that these very young children received is despicable.”

In an afternoon court appearance in nearby Pasadena, the couple pleaded not guilty and denied all allegations with a Mandarin interpreter. Prosecutors sought $100 million bail per person because of the serious nature of the charges and because they are flight risks.

The couple have over 200 personal and 70 corporate bank accounts with annual transfers of $250 million, Deputy District Attorney MacKenzie Teymouri said.

Both were said to have U.S., Mexican and Chinese passports, though investigators have not determined if they are all legitimate; prosecutors said they used fake passports to create some of the bank accounts.

Inside the couple's home, investigators found a bank statement showing more than $70 million in one account along with assets such as antique sculptures and specialty alcohol that added up to nearly $10 million, according to Teymouri.

LA County Superior Court Judge Kerry White set bail at $20 million each with home detention and a protective order against visiting their children.

Mitchell Krems, the couple's attorney, called the bail amount “absurd” for the type of charges his clients face and said Zhang's health should be taken into consideration.

Zhang, who appeared in court in a wheelchair, has a rare form of leukemia and is recovering from a bone marrow transplant, Krems said.

Fifteen children were removed from the opulent home last year after an allegation of abuse, and another six living elsewhere were also located. They ranged in age from 2 months to 13 years, with most between 1 and 3. Police believe Zhang gave birth to one or two of the children, while the rest were carried and delivered by surrogates.

Hochman said the couple set up an agency, Mark Surrogacy, that they operated from home and used to hire surrogates throughout the U.S. But prosecutors said the couple misled the women, telling some that they could not conceive and others that they only had one child and wanted one more to complete their family.

“The house could only be described as a house of horrors for these incredible young children,” Hochman said.

Zhang and Xuan were first arrested in May 2025 after a hospital reported that their 2-month-old infant had a traumatic head injury, the result of being violently shaken by a nanny, according to Arcadia police.

Police did not file charges at the time, saying they needed to complete the investigation.

Hochman said the couple set up three rooms they called learning centers, where the children spent several hours a day sitting at desks under the supervision of nannies.

Through an extensive surveillance system including motion-activated cameras, the couple watched and at times laughed as the nannies physically abused the children, including daily beatings, he said.

In one video, Xuan is shown entering a room and telling a nanny to strike a child harder, Hochman said, and in another he joins the nanny in hitting the child.

The nannies were allegedly told “not to leave any physical marks on the children,” and when police arrived to investigate in May 2025, the children were told to deny they had been beaten.

After examining the surveillance video, police issued an arrest warrant for Chunmei Li, the nanny seen hurting the 2-month-old infant. However she fled to Tijuana, Mexico, and then China.

After the children were taken into state custody, Xuan and Zhang were allowed supervised visits. During one such visit, Zhang read to a child and wrote in the book, “Tell them you're happy with me, tell them you want to come home,” lead prosecutor Teymouri said.

Krems said it was “patently false” that Xuan was involved in beating any of the children and blamed all the abuse on the nannies.

“My client, Mr. Xuan, intervened swiftly,” Krems said. “He fired the nanny, excised her from the house.”

When asked about the couple’s motivation, Hochman said that was part of the investigation, as was the parentage of each child.

Krems, Xuan’s attorney, previously told ABC7 that Xuan’s goal was to raise children who become productive adults.

“The reason he has all these children is because he wants them to contribute to society. He is not a man who is self-indulgent,” Krems said. “Some who are wealthy might spend on jewelry or cars, but he is actually spending his resources to help his children become educated.”

After Tuesday's court hearing, he said Xuan and Zhang immigrated from China to exercise their freedom and have as many children as they want.

“If they were white, if they were Elon Musk, and they weren't Chinese, they wouldn't experience this level of scrutiny,” Krems said.

Surrogacy is an arrangement in which a woman agrees to carry and deliver a child for another person or couple, often after an embryo transfer.

There is no comprehensive federal law regulating surrogacy, leaving most rules to the states.

California is considered to be surrogacy-friendly because it has clear laws governing the process. Both sides are required to have lawyers, and there must be a written, notarized contract before an embryo transfer takes place.

At least eight women came forward to say they were aggressively pursued to serve as surrogates. The women, many of them first-time surrogates, said they were given misleading or incomplete information about the couple’s family situation and intentions.

Krems denied that the couple lied to surrogates about their intentions.

The district attorney's office said a federal investigation was ongoing.

Marcelo reported from New York.

FILE - An aerial view shows the home of Silvia Zhang and Guojun Xuan on July 16, 2025, in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)