After the second crush loss, this time to giants, it may not be Dodgers of the year

Patrick Bailey turned his batt and Ben Rortedt looks at the Grand Slam walk on Friday night in San Francisco. (Photo: Ezra Shaw / Getty Images)

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Last season, Los Angeles Dodgers was the best team in baseball and were conquered in the world series. But, a bounce here, lucky there, and they would go home early from playoffs and managers Dave Roberts Maybe it was out of work. Sometimes it’s just your age. A Bullpen game A vaults, two timely houses lead two guys named Hernandez, walking houses, and fifth input that will never be forgotten or Los Angeles, there was what Dodgers were to win their smile series.

Over the season season, Dodgers accumulated a murmurable line of players, sometimes seemingly Adding to the pitcher Just for that. Their payroll is well in the range of $ 350 million, and the prognosis had them as potentially the best team ever. The regular season was a formality, with another title of the department, previously concluded. But then the baseball was bare. And players were injured; and the batteries went down; and pitchers failed. And then Dodgers looked at 12. Augustⁱⁿ And he found himself in a tie for the first place. Happened again 22. August^clip and 24ⁱⁿ. Then they made a ship, enter three games over Padres, but they are safe not on solid terrain.

It has led to many to believe that sometimes it is only your age.

Cut on Friday night. Ishinobu Iamamoto, running out with his career – 8-2 / 3, which led to the colossal collapse and the worst of the year, facing the walking and Dodgers faced a walking and dodgers Faced with the issuance of a walk, it would be the only Hit Yamamoto dropped out of the whole night. He retired retired and left a match with a result related to one. Once again, he wouldn’t get victory either.

In the fourth innings, Dodgers received the first two runners to hit and walk. Excavation and ground floor moved runners in the position of scoring. Andy pages then hit sharp earthquake in the left of the Golden Glow Matt Chapman, who gave a spectacular diving rate and excellent throw. The call on the field was “out” and stayed so after the review. The pages needed not the perfect steps and the first baseman home, which has the perfect setting to negate Dodgers, what would be bonding and still.

At the top of the heel, Tommy Edman, who was looking for his first hit from IL, wiped off 106 mph scorcher on the left side of Casey Schmitt in the second base, who made a diving catch to hold Los Angeles to list Los Angeles. Seven pitches later, Inning was ready.

After abusing Michael Conforto, a guest match in the seventh, a newly accented Ben Rortvedt catcher hit the ball from the top of the wall on the left center of the field for double-sided double. Several centimeters more and Dodgers take lead. Giants Pitcher Justin Velander, who just allowed four flat Barti to hit the ball at least 97 mph, was deliberately walking shohei ohtani. And then Mookie Betts swung up on the first time and supported soft flying with the right to end the threat and inning.

Eighth in eighth inning, Max Munci, who received in his previous batti his The first hit from when he went out with Il with a sloping injury, which followed his being on IL with a knee injury, hit the joint of 92 mph. He stayed in the game to start the bases, but he left when the team took the field to play defense. X-rays showed negativeAnd the club expects it to be back in line today, but who knows that the impact of that hit is ongoing. Munci’s anchor from the line, especially in the absence of catchers will soon return from injury to the arm.

At the bottom of the ninth, Betts made his seventh mistake in the season, with a low throw to the first throw. After one and intentional walk, Dodgers have avoided loss when Vilmer Flores hit a short fly in the middle and spraying of the Grant McCrai is trying to mark and make home. It was two steps outside, and we went to extra innings.

McCrai immediately changed, throwing landing on the third time when he tried to mark the Betts’ flight to the right. Los Angeles failed to score.

In the lower half of the tenth, after Blake Treinen Chapman brought the land to another, by moving Manfred to third, Roberts brought Tanner Scott. Scott, whom the Dodgeri signed Four-year, $ 72 million of contracts Before the season, it was awful. There is a 5.01 and gave 10 house running in 50 innings. Two blown savings and loss have in the last three performances. Still, Scott looked good dealing with Lefty Jung Hoo Lee. In fact, he hit him at the evil 3-2 sliders. But – but – the Sumpire Bill Miller’s home plate claimed that the ball hit the dirt (this is obviously not), and the play is not subject to challenges. The next 3-2 slider missed the zone. So, instead of having two ways and runners in the third, the giants now had racers at the corners with one. Dodgers chose to deliberately walk Schmitt to load bases – allowing so force in any basis – for Patrick Bailey. Bailey, famous for his catching nutrient, had 5 domestic and reduced .220 / .276 / .325 when he came to the plate. So, what is he doing? It moves the fast ball of 97 mph, which was above the hit zone 388 feet in the night San Francisco for the Grand Slam walk. Giants 5, Dodgers 1.

Sometimes it’s not your age.

Does Dodgers win the game after last game? Who will say? What is clear is that they did not win that game last night. If you look after Dodgers enough, you will see the form: when there are 50-50 plays, it goes against world champions. None of this means that it will not become the first team from 1998-2000 Yankees, but if fate, wealth, or she is something to say about it, I would not bet on boys this year.