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Good – Not Good

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The Good and Not Good from Saturday’s game between the Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field:

The Good:

  1. Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani extended his hitting streak to eight games.
  2. Other than Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy fouling a ball off his right ankle, there were no new Dodgers injuries.
  3. 27-year-old Dodgers right-hander Dustin May went 6.2 innings and struck out five.
Ohtani’s first-inning lead off single to right extended his hitting streak to eight games.
(SportsNet LA)

The Not Good:

  1. The Dodgers were shutout 3-0 by the NL West fourth place D-backs.
  2. The Dodgers went 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position and left six runners on base.
  3. May is now 1-3 on the season with a lofty 4.08 ERA.
  4. The Dodgers slipped into second place in the NL West behind the San Diego Padres, who won on Saturday.
Among the seven hits allowed by May on Saturday was this sixth-inning solo home run by D-backs third baseman Eugenio Suárez with two outs. (SportsNet LA)

“I mean, they’re all really good hitters and like to put the ball in play. They don’t punch a lot,” May told reporters postgame.

As noted, the Dodgers slipped into second place in the NL West .008 percentage points behind the Padres:

Oh well. As Ebby Calvin “Nuke” LaLoosh said in the Academy Award-winning film Bull Durham:

“Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.”

Play Ball!

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