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The Dodgers finally got back in the win column after dropping seven straight as the team outlasted the Giants 2-1 on Saturday.
Dodgers fans are starting to panic amid the recent struggles for Los Angeles, but the defending World Series champions really don't have any reason to worry.
It's no secret that the Dodgers have a lot of pitchers on the injured list. Blake Snell, Gavin Stone, Roki Sasaki, Tony Gonsolin, and River Ryan would be a fine rotation on its own, and Brusdar Graterol, Michael Kopech, Evan Phillips, and Blake Treinen would (and previously did) form a quality "A" bullpen.
The Dodgers showed the kind of fight at the plate that had been lacking in recent days. But they couldn't quite raise themselves out of the hole they had been digging for the past week. The Dodgers lo
The Dodgers' National League West division lead has shrunk from nine games to four in a week as their lineup has slumped.
Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani splashed his 32nd home run of the season into San Francisco's McCovey Cove beyond the right-field wall Friday night, but the big blast was not enough to snap the team's season-high seven-game losing streak.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are struggling, which is a statement that hasn't been written much in the last decade. On Wednesday afternoon, the Dodgers fell to the Milwaukee Brewers in extra innings, extending their current losing streak to six games.
Tyler Glasnow makes his first start since April and pitches five innings, giving up five hits and an unearned run while striking out five, but Dodgers lose in 10th inning.
The Brewers got another dominant pitching performance as Quinn Priester quieted the Dodgers and Milwaukee extended its winning streak.
The five-game losing streak is just the nadir of a three-week slump. With Sunday’s shortened loss, the Dodgers are 8-9 in their last 17 games with the offense mainly responsible for the struggles.