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After winning the first two games of the series, the Dodgers almost got combined no-hit for a bit, but it was still a one-run game late. Then Dave Roberts decided it wasn’t worth bothering trying to win the game, and left Yohan Ramirez in to die as the Giants blew things open late for an 8-1 loss or something like that.
That snaps their five-game winning streak.
Actually, the game’s not over but Dave doesn’t care so I’m not gonna either.
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Tyler Glasnow came off the IL for his start, and while he labored through 91 pitches in five innings, the important thing is that he seemed healthy. He gave up a pair of runs in the 4th behind a Matt Chapman homer, and then a double and single for a run later in the frame.
I wouldn’t say he looked good, but he didn’t look dead.
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Robbie Ray looked like he was on the ropes in the 1st, hitting Will Smith with one out, uncorking a wild pitch, walking Freddie Freeman, uncorking another wild pitch, hitting Teoscar Hernandez, and walking Andy Pages to force a run in. However, a strikeout and pop-out ended the threat.
Ray settled in from there, as he actually didn’t give up a hit in his time on the mound, even though that was only five innings thanks to his early issues.
The Giants pen got a clean 6th, and they ended up making it 19 Dodgers in a row set down going into the 7th before Chris Taylor broke up the no-no with a double … and he then pulled up lame with an injury.
Sigh.
Anthony Banda took over for the Dodgers, striking out three in the 6th, which helped him work around a walk and a hit batter. After getting the first batter of the 7th, Ramirez replaced him and issued a walk but got the last two outs.
To save the pen, Dave let Yohan continue on in the game in the 8th and that immediately backfired. He went walk, single, walk, single for a run, and single for a run to make it 4-1 with the bases loaded and nobody out before Dave went to get him. I assume not going out to get him sooner means he just gave up on the game.
Anyway, Joe Kelly entered and gave up two singles and an intentional walk before getting three outs, which ended up plating four more runs to push the deficit to 8-1.
Joy.
So by presumably trying to save the pen, all Dave did was tax the pen more and turn a winnable game into a surrender game. Happens … seemingly often, but whatever.
Other shit happened later probably, but they lost.
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| NL WEST | RECORD |
|---|---|
| Dodgers | 61-42 |
| Padres | 54-50 (7.5 GB) |
The series finale will take place during the day at 10:10 AM HT/1:10 PM PT/4:10 PM ET with Clayton Kershaw making his 2024 debut against Giants ace Logan Webb.
