Sunday did not go as planned for the Los Angeles Dodgers. At their own stadium, they held their annual Family Day, where they brought in food trucks, bouncy castles and a climbing wall behind left field. However, the optimistic and positive atmosphere generated at the end of the game was quite the opposite with some of the Californian team’s players, who in 10 games have only managed one victory.
This Sunday, the complete sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers was completed, who defeated the reigning MLB champions at home and away. It was one of the worst streaks Dave Roberts and his boys have ever seen. Sunday’s game ended in a 6-5 loss, the team’s fourth straight loss and 10th in 12 games in which they were outscored 71-36. It is the team’s worst 12-game stretch since 2018.
Los Angeles Dodgers put their MLB title defense at risk
In addition to the defeats, the Dodgers’ squad is beginning to turn into a hospital. After sessions with pitchers Roki Sasaki, Blake Snell and third baseman Max Muncy, among the main figures, first baseman Freddie Freeman joined them on Sunday. Freeman, who leads the team in batting average (.292) and is third in runs (47) and hits (95), suffered a left wrist contusion after being hit by a Jose Quintana pitch in the sixth inning.
Roberts said Freeman’s wrist X-rays were negative and that the first baseman is in critical condition. “With that one, I was out of breath,” Roberts said. “I think we all did, because, you know, when you’re in trouble and losing a player for four or six weeks is obviously very scary.” In Freeman’s absence, catcher Dalton Rushing could play at first base.
The rest of the Dodgers’ problems could be much more difficult to solve
Their series against the Milwaukee Brewers, and for the past month, they have made error after error that has cost them unearned runs. On Sunday, they gave up the lead twice and Mookie Betts lined to center field with the bases loaded to end the game. “We’ve got to figure it out. We’ve got to play better,” Betts whispered in an empty locker room after going one-for-five, leaving him with a .189 batting average in July and as many strikeouts as hits.
On the other side of the room, Clayton Kershaw pitched quite well on Sunday, but his day was ruined in a three-run fourth inning for Milwaukee, where a throwing error by Tommy Edman and a fielding error by Andy Pages gave the Brewers two runs and forced Kershaw to throw 29 pitches. “I’m frustrated. We’re all frustrated. I don’t know how else to say it,” said Kershaw, visibly angry after being pulled from the game in the fifth inning. “We didn’t win any games. No excuses. We just have to play better.”
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