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Maybe the long day of a doubleheader the Los Angeles Dodgers experienced against the New York Yankees on Sunday bled into the 10-7 series-opening loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night.
It was Trea Turner who led the offensive charge for Philadelphia as he went 3-for-5 with a pair of home runs and drove in five RBIs.
Despite the hot day at the plate, it did not begin like that for the Phillies shortstop.
He bobbled a routine play at short that should have ended the first inning, but it allowed the Dodgers to have a pond full of ducks early.
Luckily for Turner, the Dodgers were unable to score in that instance and were unable to score as a whole with runners in scoring position in the loss.
On the other side, it was the Dodgers shortstop, Mookie Betts, who also hit a pair of long balls in a 4-for-5 day and drove in three Dodgers.
Betts, who had been struggling up until this series, was moved down the lineup to the fifth spot by manager Dave Roberts, who called it a "different look" and will remain there for the time being.
Boy, did it work.
Emmet Sheehan did not get so lucky in his performance inside Citizens Bank Park for his first start of the second half. He was bashed for six earned runs across 5.1 innings pitched.
The Dodgers had their chance to strike and keep within striking distance of the Phillies after they managed to drive in two runs via RBIs from Max Muncy and Andy Pages in their half of the sixth inning.
But the Phillies responded with a four-run bottom half of the inning, capped off by Turner's second home run of the night, which was the great separator.
It looked as though the Dodgers would roll over and lie on their backs, but Betts' second home run of the night came in the ninth and inched the Dodgers within three runs with one out in the ninth.
This forced the hand of the Phillies to go with their closer Johan Duran to close it out for the final two outs.
With the loss, the Dodgers drop to 63-38.
Los Angeles will send out Justin Wrobleski on Tuesday in hopes of splitting the series against Zack Wheeler.
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It was Trea Turner who led the offensive charge for Philadelphia as he went 3-for-5 with a pair of home runs and drove in five RBIs.
Despite the hot day at the plate, it did not begin like that for the Phillies shortstop.
He bobbled a routine play at short that should have ended the first inning, but it allowed the Dodgers to have a pond full of ducks early.
Luckily for Turner, the Dodgers were unable to score in that instance and were unable to score as a whole with runners in scoring position in the loss.
On the other side, it was the Dodgers shortstop, Mookie Betts, who also hit a pair of long balls in a 4-for-5 day and drove in three Dodgers.
Betts, who had been struggling up until this series, was moved down the lineup to the fifth spot by manager Dave Roberts, who called it a "different look" and will remain there for the time being.
Boy, did it work.
Emmet Sheehan did not get so lucky in his performance inside Citizens Bank Park for his first start of the second half. He was bashed for six earned runs across 5.1 innings pitched.
The Dodgers had their chance to strike and keep within striking distance of the Phillies after they managed to drive in two runs via RBIs from Max Muncy and Andy Pages in their half of the sixth inning.
But the Phillies responded with a four-run bottom half of the inning, capped off by Turner's second home run of the night, which was the great separator.
It looked as though the Dodgers would roll over and lie on their backs, but Betts' second home run of the night came in the ninth and inched the Dodgers within three runs with one out in the ninth.
This forced the hand of the Phillies to go with their closer Johan Duran to close it out for the final two outs.
With the loss, the Dodgers drop to 63-38.
Los Angeles will send out Justin Wrobleski on Tuesday in hopes of splitting the series against Zack Wheeler.
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