Coming off of an enormous win on Monday evening, the Dodgers seemed to maintain the momentum rolling. They didn’t. Momentum and rolling are a troublesome selection of phrases for a Tuesday evening recreation that was an absolute slog. The sport pitted 2020 champs Dustin Could and Alex Wooden going through off in opposition to each other and it was a wrestle for each. Could had his worst inning of the 12 months within the first permitting 2 runs whereas throwing 31 pitches however settled all the way down to go 5.1 robust for LA. Dodger bats made Woody work, chasing him within the fifth inning after 75 pitches, however they in the end obtained nothing off the left-hander.
The Dodgers blew their finest scoring likelihood within the sixth inning after they loaded the bases with no person out… and scored none.
The offense obtained simply 3 hits and 10 complete base runners (2 on hit batsmen) within the 5-0 loss. Mookie Betts walked 3 instances.
Often we drop highlights in these postgame recaps however there plainly simply had been no highlights…
This was cool I assume?
The Dodger bullpen continued it’s struggles. Shelby Miller loaded the bases within the seventh however didn’t give up a run. And Evan Phillips served up 3 runs on again to again residence runs within the eighth inning.
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The Dodgers look to take/sweep the sequence within the bay with Clayton Kershaw on the mound going through Alex Cobb.
