The reigning champs are in deep, deep trouble, staring down a 2-0 deficit in the NLCS after dropping Game 2 to the Brewers. You wanna know the worst part? This offense has scraped together ONE extra-base hit through 18 innings of postseason baseball. Unbelievable. All those runners on base, all that talent, and they just can’t get that crucial big hit to break things open.
Offense Spits The Bit Against Rattled Starter
The Dodgers offense totally took a step backward in Game 2. Brewers starter Logan Henderson was nowhere near his A-game, giving up four runs over 4.0+ innings, thanks in part to some wild pitches and errors, including one of his own. This dude was rattled, clearly. But instead of pouring it on, the Dodgers just couldn’t seal the deal. Remember Game 1 when we were talking about the silver lining of constantly putting guys on base? Well, that felt like a distant memory in Game 2.
Take the third inning: Freddie Freeman absolutely hammered a ball that looked destined for the gap with two runners on, but Sal Frelick makes a phenomenal defensive play to run it down. Savant even gave it an .840 xBA, so that tells you how hard it was hit! Even after a wild pitch scored a run, with only one out and Henderson still struggling, you’d expect Teoscar Hernández and Shohei Ohtani to come through with Mookie Betts stranded in scoring position. Did they? Nope. And in the fifth, Henderson came back out there and gave up another run due to an errant throw. These were prime opportunities against a vulnerable pitcher, and the offense just couldn’t deliver the knockout punch.
Bullpen Forced To Carry The Load As Offense Goes M.I.A.
It’s a tough ask to get anything going against the likes of Abner Uribe, Aaron Ashby, and Trevor Megill out of the Brewers bullpen, we all know that. But that’s almost a secondary issue now because the Dodgers failed against the guys who *were* vulnerable. Yamamoto couldn’t even get out of the fourth inning, which meant the bullpen had to carry a massive load. When your offense is sputtering, and your starter isn’t going deep, you’re putting your relief pitchers in an impossible spot. They’re heading home down 2-0 now, and the pressure is on. This is it, folks. Time to figure out how to hit or their season is gonna be over before they know it.
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Originally reported by True Blue LA.
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