The Dodgers only other realistic pitching option for Sunday was right-hander Tony Gonsolin, who could have started on normal four days’ rest. “Hopefully we come up with some answers.” “That’s something that we’re trying to figure out,” manager Dave Roberts said about the team’s home-road pitching splits. “That’s just the ugly part of a regular season,” Heyward said, noting the Dodgers have been out of “sync” lately with their up-and-down offense and sputtering pitching staff, which has been stellar at home (1st in the majors in ERA) but woeful in away games (second to last). ![]() Solo homers by Freddie Freeman and Jason Heyward kept the team within striking distance of the Phillies (32-33) briefly.īut then Alex Vesia yielded one run in the sixth, Nick Robertson was tagged for three in the seventh, and the Dodgers managed just one run from a bases-loaded opportunity in the eighth - dropping to 10-14 in their last 24 games. Left-hander Adam Kolarek, who was called up pregame, couldn’t escape a jam in the third, when a jam-shot pop up by Bryson Stott landed between two Dodgers in the outfield for a two-run, two-out single. ![]() Opener Caleb Ferguson gave up one run in the first. Then, in a game where they had to use nothing but relievers because of their shorthanded rotation, those numbers only got worse.įorced to go with a bullpen game after a setback in Julio Urías’ recovery from a hamstring strain earlier this week, the Dodgers lost to the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 at Citizens Bank Park, dropping their third consecutive series and finishing a two-city trip with just two wins in six games. ![]() PHILADELPHIA - The Dodgers entered Sunday with the fourth-worst bullpen earned-run average in the majors, and the third-worst mark away from home.
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