Muncy, Rushing both homer twice as Dodgers rout Rockies 12-3 behind Wrobleski to split 4-game set

DENVER (AP) — Max Muncy went 4 for 4 with two homers and scored four times as the Los Angeles Dodgers hit five longballs to back Justin Wrobleski in a 12-3 victory Monday night over the Colorado Rockies.

Dalton Rushing also had two home runs for the Dodgers, giving him seven in his past seven games. Miguel Rojas launched his first of the season and got his 1,000th career hit with a single in the fourth inning.

Wrobleski (3-0) allowed one run and eight hits across seven innings to help Los Angeles split the four-game series at Coors Field. He struck out three and walked none, throwing 72 of his 97 pitches for strikes.

The left-hander has yielded just two earned runs in 21 innings over his last three starts.

Shohei Ohtani had a hit and two walks to extend his career-best on-base streak to 52 games, putting the two-time reigning NL MVP one game away from tying Shawn Green for the second-longest run in Dodgers history.

Muncy batted .588 (10 for 17) with four home runs and five RBIs in the series.

Jordan Beck had three hits and an RBI for the Rockies. TJ Rumfield hit his third home run.

Jose Quintana (0-2) gave up eight hits and six runs in five innings, though only four of those runs were earned on a night when his team committed three errors (one by Quintana).

Colorado fell to 7-23 against the Dodgers since the start of the 2024 season.

Dodgers: RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2-1, 2.10 ERA) pitches against Giants RHP Landon Roupp (3-1, 2.38) in San Francisco Giants on Tuesday.

Rockies: Had not announced a scheduled starter to face RHP Randy Vásquez (1-0, 2.49 ERA) and the visiting San Diego Padres on Tuesday.

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Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Jose Quintana rubs a new baseball after giving up a solo home run to Los Angeles Dodgers' Max Muncy in the second inning of a game Monday, April 20, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, left, congratulates third baseman Max Muncy, right, after defeating the Colorado Rockies in a baseball game Monday, April 20, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Justin Wrobleski works against the Colorado Rockies in the third inning of a baseball game Monday, April 20, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Max Muncy waves to the bullpen as he circles the bases after hitting a solo home run off Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Tanner Gordon in the ninth inning of a baseball game Monday, April 20, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Max Muncy follows the flight of his solo home run of Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Tanner Gordon in the ninth inning of a baseball game Monday, April 20, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

MAISONS-ALFORT, France (AP) — A wildlife hospital in a southeastern Paris suburb is a place of no cuddles but lots of care. It helps injured, sick and orphaned animals — often victims of human activity and increasing urbanization — heal so they can return to their natural habitat.

Last week, a female fox cub was found alone in a garden on the city's outskirts, with no sign of her mother nearby. Now a team of volunteers takes care of her around the clock.

“We’ll make sure she’s eating well,” animal caretaker Valentin Delon said. “If that’s not the case, we might provide supplemental bottles to ensure she gains enough weight.”

Over the past year, the Wildlife Veterinary Hospital in Maisons-Alfort has taken in more than 10,400 wild animals, including a wide variety of birds and European mammals such as foxes, deer and hedgehogs.

Like the little brown-furred cub, the animals can easily capture a caretaker's heart — but bonding with humans is not an option when the goal is to eventually return them to the wild.

The baby fox was found by residents who own hunting dogs. Estimated to be about 2 weeks old, she was far too young to survive on her own.

At the Maisons-Alfort hospital, veterinarian Julie Piazza carefully examined her and aside from a minor injury, possibly caused by a wild animal or a dog’s bite, she was found to be in good health.

The cub was fed artificial milk — a product matching the composition of animal-produced milk — and because of that, her abdomen was swollen, Piazza said.

"That’s common in a young one that has had a disruption in its diet,” she added.

Once healed, the animals are transferred to outdoor enclosures and aviaries to prepare for a reintroduction into their natural environment.

Delon, the caretaker, says that “any kind of imprinting” — measures that attach the animals to their caregiver long-term — must be avoided.

“So we don’t cuddle them, we don’t talk to them,” she said. "There’s really a distance to maintain for their own good in the end, so they can be released later.”

Because she is just a cub, once she grows sufficiently, the baby fox will first be transferred to a rehabilitation center and placed with other foxes in an enclosure.

“We can’t just release her into the wild like that,” Delon said. “She really needs to go into an enclosure first, and then gradually we’ll open the door so she can come and go while still being fed. Then we’ll gradually reduce the food, and that’s how we achieve a truly gradual release.”

The hospital ran by the Faune Alfort group is the only facility in the greater Paris area that treats a wide range of wild species. Some 86% of its patients are birds.

Last week, there was a swan with a broken wing, injured hedgehogs, dozens of ducklings often found on balconies and elsewhere without parents, and lots of pigeons that are treated just as carefully as rarer birds.

Elisa Mora, head of communications for Faune Alfort, a nonprofit group running the Maisons-Alfort hospital, said a record 200 admissions were reported in a single day last summer. The hospital is mostly financed by donations from individuals and charities, and relies on volunteers to help feed and care for the animals.

April to September is the "juvenile period when wild animals reproduce” and the admissions peak, Mora said.

“Wild animals are already vulnerable, but juveniles even more so,” she said. Those too badly injured or unable to return to the wild have to be euthanized.

Veterinarian Jean-François Courreau launched Faune Alfort in 1987, inspired by students willing to better treat wild animals. Six years later, the idea turned into a proper hospital, hosted by the National Veterinary School of Alfort, established in the 18th century.

“It’s hard to stand by helplessly in front of an animal in distress without being able to do anything," Courreau said, adding that it's his duty to help as a vet.

When people find a wild animal in distress, they think “I can’t do anything, and the animal is going to die," he said. "So when they know a care center exists and that they can bring the animal there, it’s a huge relief.”

The vast majority of animals brought to the hospital — as many as 60% to 80% of admissions — are victims of road collisions, animals caught in barbed wire or injured by people using gardening tools or agricultural machinery, among other causes.

An animal caretaker treats a baby fox at the Wildlife Veterinary Hospital in Maisons-Alfort, outside Paris, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

A pigeon is treated at the Wildlife Veterinary Hospital in Maisons-Alfort, outside Paris, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Baby ducks are bathed at the Wildlife Veterinary Hospital in Maisons-Alfort, outside Paris, April 17, 2026 . (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Volunteers treat a swan at the Wildlife Veterinary Hospital in Maisons-Alfort, outside Paris, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

An animal caretaker treats a baby fox at the Wildlife Veterinary Hospital in Maisons-Alfort, outside Paris, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)