The Dodgers sent 29 batters to the plate against the Milwaukee Brewers at Dodger Stadium on Friday night. Ten of them struck out, one of them walked, and only three managed to get a hit. As a result, they scored zero runs.
On the other side of the ledger, the Brewers sent 38 batters to the plate. Eight of them struck out, two of them walked, and they got nine hits, including a double and a home run by Brewers third baseman Caleb Durbin. As a result, they scored two runs to shutout the Dodgers 2-0.
Asked postgame if he is concerned about his struggling offense against some good pitching over the past two series, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts gave a long, drawn out answer which, quite frankly, sounded like the same answer we’ve been hearing from him for the past month:
“You know, I don’t know if it’s a concern, I think it’s one of those Perfect Storm kind of plays in the sense that some guys are just haven’t been [sic] swinging the bats well,” Roberts began. “And then, you’re running into good pitching on top of that, and so, ah, it doesn’t really bode well for run production, but, um, you know, tomorrow’s a new day, we gotta reset and, you know, be ready, cuz those guys aren’t gonna feel sorry for us and, you know, Freddie’s an All-Star. So, for me, we gotta get on the fastball, um, try to scare em out of the zone, because this is a guy, again, that just doesn’t walk many guys and, you know, we gotta find a way to be on the offensive tomorrow.”
How’s that for an answer?
(SportsNet LA)
The closest Roberts’ team came to scoring on Friday was in the bottom of the fourth inning when Dodgers All-Star first baseman Freddie Freeman roped a one-out double to right. Unfortunately, it was followed by a hot linedrive to Durbin by Dodgers catcher Will Smith, on which Durbin fired a bullet to second baseman Brice Turang to double-up Freeman to end the threat and the inning.
(SportsNet LA)
Dodgers fans can only hope that their team can “…find a way to be on the offensive tomorrow.”
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