Video: Chris Taylor Smashes 10th Inning Walk-off Homer as Dodgers Beat Rockies

Chris Taylor crushed a game-ending, 10^th-inning home run as the Los Angeles Dodgers sealed a dramatic late win against the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday.

The home run, Taylor's 17^th of the season, came as he blasted a 2-2 pitch from Rockies reliever Adam Ottavino approximately 411 feet towards the left-field seats and marked the first game-ending homer of his career.

"It's the best feeling in the world," the 28-year-old told MLB.com after the game. "The biggest hit of my career."

Understandably, Ottavino had less reason to be cheerful about the game's dramatic end and told The Denver Post he felt Taylor knew what to expect from him.

"I think he knew that pitch was coming, and he didn't miss it," he explained. "It was up and in."

The highly-awaited showdown between Kyle Freeland and Clayton Kershaw lived up to expectations, with the former giving up two runs on five hits over 6 2/3 innings and allowing four walks, the joint-highest for him this season.

Freeland, meanwhile, gave up only two runs on three hits over seven innings, despite allowing five walks. Only once this season had he allowed more walks, when he gave up six on April 25 against the Miami Marlins.

A low-scoring affair saw the Dodgers take a 1-0 lead in the first inning through Matt Kemp, before the Rockies levelled the score in the third inning thanks to Garrett Hampson.

The 23-year-old started at shortstop in place of the injured Trevor Story and seized upon a mistake from Taylor and Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner.

Kershaw then saw Charlie Blackmon crush a 447-foot home run to right center field to put the visitors 2-1 ahead. The homer was the longest Kershaw has allowed in three years and the second-longest anyone has hit at Dodgers Stadium this season.

The Dodgers then tied the game to 2-2 as they capitalized on a mistake from Nolan Arenado, whose throw rolled into foul territory and allowed Austin Barnes to race home.

Then it all came down to Taylor's crushing homer, which gave the Dodgers a hard-fought win which extends their lead at the top of the National League West over the Rockies to a game and a half.