Cardinals 10, Dodgers 5: Cooked pitching staff continues to get cooked

Gonna be honest, it’s too early to do a real recap for a 10-5 game loss and an overall 3-1 series loss.

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Continuing the trend of short starts for the Dodgers, Clayton Kershaw lasted just 3.2 innings, laboring through 95 pitches and giving up four runs.

Dodgers week in review preview: Starters pitched 25⅔ innings in seven games, an average of 3⅔ IP

— Eric Stephen (@ericstephen) May 21, 2023

This staff is cooked.

Diamondbacks are 1.5 games back now.

Away series against Braves and Rays coming. Should be, uh, interesting.

— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) May 21, 2023

Meanwhile, the Dodgers lineup already usually has free outs in it, but was made worse by Mookie Betts getting a rest day and Max Muncy getting ejected.

Dunno what you expect with that combo.

A loss to the Cardinals, for sure.

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NL WEST	RECORD
Dodgers	29-19
Diamondbacks	27-20 (1.5 GB)

*Either still playing or will play later.

The Dodgers will travel to Atlanta for a three-game series against the Braves starting tomorrow at 1:20 PM HT/4:20 PM PT/7:20 PM ET. Gavin Stone will be recalled for the start due to the rotation being dead, and he’ll face Charlie Morton.