There are not any two methods about it — the Dodgers are in a droop. Los Angeles on Sunday fell to the Reds 4-1 in one other putrid offensive effort that paved the way in which their fifth consecutive loss.
It is an issue in itself that throughout their five-game dropping skid the Dodgers have solely plated 11 runs. They’re too gifted for that type of output. A part of the difficulty is they are not hitting baseballs over the fence, however the greater downside is their incapability to provide with runners in scoring place.
Coming into Sunday’s recreation the Dodgers have been on an 0-17 hitless streak with RISP. They began Sunday 0-for-5 earlier than Freddie Freeman lastly broke the streak at 22 consecutive ABs.
The RBI knock for Freeman within the ninth inning of Sunday’s loss wasn’t sufficient to erase what has been a dismal stretch for what needs to be considered one of MLB’s greatest offenses.
In Tuesday’s 7-Three loss to the Diamondbacks that kicked off this five-game dropping streak, the Dodgers have been 2-for-10 with RISP.
They adopted that up with an 0-for-Eight in a 6-Zero loss to Arizona on Wednesday.
LA truly started Friday’s collection opener in Cincinnati by going 3-for-Four in these conditions, however completed 3-for-14.
Saturday did not present any reprieve. The Dodgers misplaced 3-1 and went 0-for-7 with runners on second and/or third.
The offensive nightmare continued Sunday with a 1-for-Eight efficiency with runners in scoring place.
In complete LA is 6-for-47 (.127) with runners in scoring place throughout their five-game dropping streak. And it has been largely a group effort in attending to these numbers. This is how every Dodgers participant has fared with RISP through the five-game dropping streak:
Freddie Freeman: 1-8
Andy Pages: 1-8
Shohei Ohtani: 1-6
Will Smith: 1-6
Chris Taylor: 1-3
Mookie Betts: 1-2
Teoscar Hernandez: 0-4
Gavin Lux: 0-4
Kiké Hernandez: 0-2
Jason Heyward: 0-2
Miguel Vargas: 0-1
Miguel Rojas: 0-1
The excellent news for LA is that they’re doing an okay job of getting runners on base. They’ve additionally discovered a ton of additional base hits, and after they do not they’re utilizing the run recreation successfully to place runners in scoring place.
Ultimately some hits ought to begin falling and the runs ought to begin piling up once more. For now although issues are bleak. A part of the issue is that the again finish of their order is struggling. LA’s 5-9 spots within the order went a mixed 1-for-30 with two walks Saturday and Sunday.
Getting runners on for Betts, who has solely come up twice with runners in scoring place during the last 5 video games, will assist. However Ohtani and Freeman have to higher in these spots too since they’ve gotten a ton of alternatives. And that is the silver lining on this. One key repair for the Dodgers offense will merely be Ohtani, Freeman and Smith discovering extra hits in these spots. They’re all too good to proceed struggling like this for lengthy.
How lengthy this chilly streak continues in key spots is anybody’s guess, however given the expertise up and down the Dodgers’ roster, it is not liable too final an excessive amount of longer.
