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The mission for the Dodgers today was to not get swept by the Phillies, and they failed in a 5-1 loss. Worse yet, they had their chances and continued to blow them at every turn, and also continued to make defensive mistakes that led to big innings.
Bleh.
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Anthony Banda served as the opener today, and he gave up a Trea Turner homer in the 1st to put them in an early 1-0 hole. Victimized by a single and error after, he worked around that at least.
Then it was Landon Knack‘s turn, who got off to a rocky start by allowing a Brandon Marsh homer to make the deficit 2-0, and then loading the bases with two outs after it. However, he proceeded to get 11 straight batters into the 6th inning. Unfortunately that ended in a hurry with a “single” that James Outman got a bad break on and let drop, a Marsh triple, and a Johan Rojas single that knocked him out of the game and made it 4-1 Phillies.
Alex Vesia got the final two outs of the 6th, and Ryan Yarbrough got a scoreless 7th but gave up a Kyle Schwarber homer in the 8th to make it 5-1.
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Oh right, about how the Dodgers got that run.
The Dodgers’ lineup at least started looking threatening against Aaron Nola. They rallied with two-outs in the 1st behind a walk and a single, and then loaded the bases with one out in the 2nd behind a double, walk, and single. Both of those chances went for nothing, and Nola then got every batter except one out the rest of the way until he exited after the 6th.
That one batter came in the 5th via a Gavin Lux homer of all people, his third of the year to make it 2-1 at that time.
Gavin goes oppo! pic.twitter.com/tSYZlN3vlB
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) July 11, 2024
The Phillies pen allowed a walk in the 7th, then loaded the bases with one out in the 8th behind an error, walk, and single, but a lineout into a double play ended that. Perfect.
Nothing doing in the 9th.
K.
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| NL WEST | RECORD |
|---|---|
| Dodgers | 55-39 |
| Padres | 49-47 (7 GB) |
The Dodgers will now fly to Detroit for a three-game series with the Tigers, their last before the All-Star Break. It’ll start at 12:40 PM HT/3:40 PM PT/6:40 PM ET with James Paxton against Tarik Skubal.
