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The Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the New York Mets on Sunday, 8-3, at Citi Field in New York.
Sunday’s loss ruined the Dodgers’ bid at a sweep of the Mets. What went wrong?
Even though the Mets got on the board first because of a double by Francisco Lindor that was followed by an RBI single off the bat of Bo Bichette in the bottom of the first inning, the Dodgers had a response.
Between the third and fourth innings, Los Angeles put up three runs thanks to Eliezer Alfonzo, Freddie Freeman and Max Muncy in the third and Tommy Edman, Kyle Tucker, Teoscar Hernandez and Alfonzo again in the fourth.
With a 3-1 lead, the Dodgers were on their way to a sweep, but things took a turn for the worse soon after. Trouble began in the bottom of the sixth inning when Dodgers manager Dave Roberts took starter Emmet Sheehan off the mound for Jack Dreyer.
Immediately, Dreyer gave up back-to-back walks before he was replaced by Evan Phillips, who gave up a three-run home run to Tyrone Taylor. Phillips and the defense were able to get out of the frame, but the seventh inning proved to be even worse.
In the seventh, Roberts went to his bullpen again. This time, he replaced Phillips with Will Klein.
Like Dreyer before him, Klein began his appearance by giving up a walk. He got Lindor to ground out, but a single by Bichette and a passed ball by catcher Dalton Rushing scored another run for the Mets.
Klein managed to strike out Carson Benge, but he followed it up by giving up another walk before watching a three-run home run come off the bat of Marcus Semien. At that point, the Dodgers were trailing 8-3, a deficit that was too much to overcome.
For the Dodgers’ offense, whatever worked in the third and fourth innings did not work the rest of the game.
Los Angeles managed just three hits after scoring in the fourth, and it was a reflection of its offensive woes throughout the series. In the first two games of the series against New York, the Dodgers narrowly escaped with wins in which they only scored four runs each.
On Sunday, their pitching was unable to carry the load, and going 9-for 36 at the plate did not cut it. The Dodgers will have Monday off before hosting the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday.
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Sunday’s loss ruined the Dodgers’ bid at a sweep of the Mets. What went wrong?
The sixth and seventh innings
Even though the Mets got on the board first because of a double by Francisco Lindor that was followed by an RBI single off the bat of Bo Bichette in the bottom of the first inning, the Dodgers had a response.
Between the third and fourth innings, Los Angeles put up three runs thanks to Eliezer Alfonzo, Freddie Freeman and Max Muncy in the third and Tommy Edman, Kyle Tucker, Teoscar Hernandez and Alfonzo again in the fourth.
With a 3-1 lead, the Dodgers were on their way to a sweep, but things took a turn for the worse soon after. Trouble began in the bottom of the sixth inning when Dodgers manager Dave Roberts took starter Emmet Sheehan off the mound for Jack Dreyer.
Immediately, Dreyer gave up back-to-back walks before he was replaced by Evan Phillips, who gave up a three-run home run to Tyrone Taylor. Phillips and the defense were able to get out of the frame, but the seventh inning proved to be even worse.
In the seventh, Roberts went to his bullpen again. This time, he replaced Phillips with Will Klein.
Like Dreyer before him, Klein began his appearance by giving up a walk. He got Lindor to ground out, but a single by Bichette and a passed ball by catcher Dalton Rushing scored another run for the Mets.
Klein managed to strike out Carson Benge, but he followed it up by giving up another walk before watching a three-run home run come off the bat of Marcus Semien. At that point, the Dodgers were trailing 8-3, a deficit that was too much to overcome.
Momentum shift
For the Dodgers’ offense, whatever worked in the third and fourth innings did not work the rest of the game.
Los Angeles managed just three hits after scoring in the fourth, and it was a reflection of its offensive woes throughout the series. In the first two games of the series against New York, the Dodgers narrowly escaped with wins in which they only scored four runs each.
On Sunday, their pitching was unable to carry the load, and going 9-for 36 at the plate did not cut it. The Dodgers will have Monday off before hosting the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday.
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