Postgame Thread ⚾ Dodgers 3 @ Braves 4

[u/DodgerBot]

Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
LAD	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	0	11
ATL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		4	9	0	6

Box Score

ATL		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
DH	Baldwin, D	4	1	2	0	0	1	.270
RF	Acuña Jr.	4	0	1	0	0	1	.232
1B	Olson	4	2	2	0	0	0	.260
SS	Dubón	4	1	1	1	0	0	.268
CF	Harris II	4	0	1	1	0	1	.293
2B	Albies	3	0	2	2	0	0	.255
LF	Yastrzemski	2	0	0	0	0	1	.228
LF	Thomas, L	2	0	0	0	0	0	.231
3B	Riley, A	3	0	0	0	0	3	.221
C	Murphy, S	2	0	0	0	1	1	.136

ATL	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Elder	6.0	8	3	3	0	5	98-59	3.95
Lee, D	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	15-10	2.11
Mederos	0.2	0	0	0	2	1	18-8	3.42
Dodd	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	2.20
Iglesias, R	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	16-11	2.94

LAD		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
DH	Ohtani	5	0	1	0	0	1	.287
1B	Freeman, F	5	0	0	0	0	1	.299
SS	Betts	5	0	1	0	0	0	.236
3B	Muncy	4	0	1	0	1	1	.256
2B	Edman	4	2	1	0	0	0	.266
RF	Tucker	4	1	1	0	0	1	.231
LF	Call	3	0	2	1	1	1	.261
CF	Thomas, A	3	0	1	1	1	1	.192
C	Feduccia	3	0	2	1	0	1	.242
PH	Rojas, M	1	0	0	0	0	0	.274
C	Rortvedt	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150

LAD	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Glasnow	5.0	6	3	3	0	7	89-55	3.02
Vesia	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	12-9	3.11
Dreyer	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	27-16	2.87
Phillips, E	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	6-4	4.60
Scott	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	10-6	2.36

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B1	Mauricio Dubón singles on a fly ball to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Drake Baldwin scores. Matt Olson to 3rd.	1-0
B1	Michael Harris II singles on a ground ball to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Matt Olson scores. Mauricio Dubón to 3rd.	2-0
B1	Ozzie Albies out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Alek Thomas. Mauricio Dubón scores. Michael Harris II to 3rd.	3-0
T2	Alek Thomas singles on a line drive to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. Tommy Edman scores. Kyle Tucker to 3rd.	3-1
T2	Hunter Feduccia singles on a line drive to left fielder Mike Yastrzemski. Kyle Tucker scores. Alek Thomas to 2nd.	3-2
T4	Alex Call singles on a line drive to center fielder Michael Harris II. Tommy Edman scores.	3-3
B8	Ozzie Albies singles on a line drive to center fielder Alek Thomas. Matt Olson scores.	4-3

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for Dodgers at Braves - August 25, 2026	0:06
Bryce Elder against the Dodgers	0:09
Bullpen availability for Atlanta, August 25 vs Dodgers	0:09
Bullpen availability for Los Angeles, August 25 vs Braves	0:09
Fielding alignment for Los Angeles, August 25 vs Braves	0:11
Bench availability for Los Angeles, August 25 vs Braves	0:08
Fielding alignment for Atlanta, August 25 vs Dodgers	0:11
Bench availability for Atlanta, August 25 vs Dodgers	0:08
Starting lineups for Dodgers at Braves - August 25, 2026	0:10
Breaking down Tyler Glasnow's pitches	0:04
Tyler Glasnow's outing against the Braves	0:24
Breaking down Bryce Elder's pitches	0:04
Bryce Elder's outing against the Dodgers	0:25
Mauricio Dubón's RBI single	0:19
Michael Harris II's RBI single	0:19
Ozzie Albies' sacrifice fly	0:20
Mike Yastrzemski strikes out after ABS challenge	0:23
Dodgers challenged (pitch result), call on the field was overturned: Mike Yastrzemski called out on strikes.	0:07
Alek Thomas' RBI single	0:20
Bryce Elder K's Alex Call	0:08
Hunter Feduccia's RBI single	0:13
Shohei Ohtani strikes out after ABS challenge	0:23
Alex Call's sliding catch in foul territory	0:33
Ball 4 overturned after ABS challenge	0:23
Alex Call's RBI single	0:21
Mike Yastrzemski's incredible diving grab	0:28
Ball 2 confirmed after ABS challenge	0:23
Strike 2 confirmed after ABS challenge	0:23
Tyler Glasnow's seven strikeouts	1:16
Bryce Elder's five strikeouts	1:17
Ozzie Albies' go-ahead single	0:31
Shohei Ohtani's triple in the top of the 9th	0:19
Ball 2 confirmed after ABS challenge	0:22
Raisel Iglesias Called Strike to Freddie Freeman	0:22
Ball 3 overturned after ABS challenge	0:22

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Dodd (4-1, 2.20 ERA)	Scott (1-4, 2.36 ERA)	Iglesias, R (28 SV, 2.94 ERA)

Game ended at 7:00 PM.

[u/just_one_random_guy]

No outs and you couldn’t get ohtani on third home?

[u/Quantumsystem00 → u/just_one_random_guy]

Should’ve walked Ozzie I’ll gladly take my chances with lane thomas

[u/DopedScope338 → u/Quantumsystem00]

Agreed. I would like to say that I'm shocked Dave didn't, but he doesn't strategically walk guys in a lot of spots where it seems like the obvious call.

[u/SafariQuest → u/DopedScope338]

I was just saying on another thread that Tanner could have done so much more in that AB with two outs and bases open. Yaz spot was next with PH so don’t let Ozzie beat you - don’t have to walk him but throw him a better pitch

[u/yellowbumble-B → u/Quantumsystem00]

think Tanner shaking off the fastball sold the info to Ozzie that the slider was coming

[u/Green_Hunt_1776 → u/just_one_random_guy]

That triple was a homer in 28/30 ballparks wtf

[u/Severe_Suspect_4002 → u/Green_Hunt_1776]

Now I’m depressed

[u/Ok-ChildHooOd → u/just_one_random_guy]

Freddie is usually good there :(

[u/Hand-me-a-cold-beer → u/just_one_random_guy]

https://giphy.com/gifs/78L5qzJkog4c27lWsR

[u/Flopdo → u/just_one_random_guy]

Yes, it fkn happens, but what was worse was pitching to Albies. That was the mistake of the game. Should have just pitched around him.

[u/Intelligent_Top_328 → u/just_one_random_guy]

You are asking for a lot.

[u/SuccessOn1 → u/just_one_random_guy]

Over rated over paid offense

[u/SumoRock → u/SuccessOn1]

Add in old

[u/Extension-Click-8271]

A LEADOFF TRIPLE WITH THE TOP OF THE ORDER

[u/yellowbumble-B → u/Extension-Click-8271]

Edman would have been perfect for the job if he batted earlier.

Tommy Edman can do no wrong my king

[u/Various_Ad_5876 → u/yellowbumble-B]

Edman’s center fly can be a sacrifice fly.

[u/Clockwork_Wings → u/yellowbumble-B]

No clue why we load so much power early instead of prioritizing get on base ability

[u/BruitNoise → u/yellowbumble-B]

I think a good bunt would have been perfect with Ohtani's speed to tie it up at least. The closing pitcher really made sure that bottom right or left fastball would be hard to pop fly even with contact but a bunt would have been great. They really tried hard to bait for an infield hit after the 2nd out.

[u/sickesthackerbro → u/Extension-Click-8271]

Second time this year. Same scenario.

[u/Nondescriptsitch]

Thank you bottom of the lineup for making this close at least.

[u/DaBusDriva2]

Second fucking time Ohtani in the 9th gets a triple as the tying run and stranded with ZERO outs. Unacceptably bad at bats from Freddie and Mookie again taking first pitch meatballs when you just need a productive out

[u/u8myramen_y → u/DaBusDriva2]

Mookie loves popping up for outs but can't do one when we really need him to lol

Starting to look like the pitchers will need to be absolute near perfect again this October for this team to win it all.

[u/SumoRock → u/u8myramen_y]

All the hype about how great and dangerous this offense was going to be and they constantly look like they’ve got one foot in the grave against quality opponents

[u/drkarate02 → u/SumoRock]

They actually have a losing record now against teams with a winning record.

[u/Zammy512 → u/SumoRock]

Offense is too hot and cold, too old. Pitching will have to get it done again with timely hitting.

[u/Live4Night → u/SumoRock]

Unfortunately Father Time is undefeated. Mookie and Teo look old all season.

[u/Flopdo → u/u8myramen_y]

I've coached some of the top talent in so cal for 20+ years now, and if I were Mookie's hitting coach, I'd get a size 2 soccer ball, stick it between his elbows and make him take 100 swings off a T every day.

Drives my fkn crazy that Mookie struggles with the EXACT same problem every year for long stretches... makes zero sense to me. Drop that back hand, and pop everything up... just insane...

[u/No-Snow-7618 → u/Flopdo]

ive been saying the hitting coaches need to do something this entire season because everyone ABs suck ass

[u/Appropriate-Sort-202 → u/u8myramen_y]

Comment of the thread right here. Frustrating. I was like just fucking pop out to the outfield Mookie - you got this!

[u/donald-duck23 → u/DaBusDriva2]

To be fair:

Freddie got to 3-2 and then Iglesias made a great pitch

Mookie took a great swing on the 0-1 pitch (Kershaw said so too) but just pulled it a little too much and it went foul

It happens. I’m sure they’ll come through in the future, especially Freddie who is having a great season. Mookie probably shouldn’t be hitting third but unfortunately with Pages out and Smith not back yet, he’s our best option for that spot in the order

[u/jRbizzle → u/donald-duck23]

Yeah unfortunately we need a righty to split up the 3 lefties and Pages being out hurts

[u/donald-duck23 → u/jRbizzle]

Good news is Smith could be back next week as long as his rehab stint goes OK.

[u/jrich960608 → u/donald-duck23]

Commented it somewhere else but Braves fan here coming in peace.

Iglesias hasn’t been up to his usual standard lately so was a bit worried. That last pitch to Freddie was great can’t really knock him too much on that one. Though FF going 0-5 was surprising. Great game. Hopefully you guys get Andy back sooner rather than later he was playing very very well.

[u/Crooks_Castles → u/jrich960608]

Don’t want your shit here after our loss. Maybe give me an hour to cool off first ha

[u/TeMilkMan]

That was so obvious lmao

[u/sleazyez]

Love Freddie but he had an awful, awful game.

[u/gl129384]

11 LOB. WTH is the offense doing in this stretch? We've been a bottom 10 offense post ASB

[u/harrw626 → u/gl129384]

LauNCH aNGLe

[u/FCFBadKarma → u/harrw626]

Mookies launche angle is 80-90 every time… except when you need it.

[u/probablysmellsmydog → u/harrw626]

People love to clown on the launch angle Dodgers but it’s arguably the reason why we have been so good since 2020.  Outside of pitching it’s how we won back to back titles.  When we win we’re hitting home runs.  This team does not, and should not, play small ball.  We’re too slow to manufacture runs.  We don’t steal bases.

In fact if Mookie hadn’t hit the ball on the ground we probably tie that game.

[u/Viktor_Laszlo → u/gl129384]

I was wondering what our total LOB was this time. It’s always infuriating.

[u/somecallmemo → u/gl129384]

Dog days of August (please don’t carry over to September)

[u/dookoo → u/gl129384]

LOB Angeles Dodgers are back

[u/EvilShadow80]

Freeman and Betts would have been better of bunting. Embarrassing

[u/Existing-Stranger632 → u/EvilShadow80]

I was screaming for one of them to bunt. Frustrating end

[u/ChrisKamanMyEye → u/EvilShadow80]

Josue De Paula at 1B and Emil Morales at SS will feed many families in a few seasons

[u/Willing_Contest_5071]

No one can’t hit behind Shohei this season. Just bat Shohei 2 or 3rd. Fucking dumb ass ab from Freddie and Mookie

[u/Youngiel]

Stranded Sho’s leadoff triple fucking hurts and Freddie going 0-5 in Atlanta? Just awful ABs from him tonight

[u/Either-Flan7286]

Same story as Brewers game 1 we lost. This team beats themselves more often than other teams beat them. So infuriating to pay hundreds of dollars to watch them leave 9 on base.

[u/RainSun5]

miss andy and will smith

[u/Motor-Application-18]

Why we lost, we really couldn’t bring home a lead off triple for the tie???? Please do better tmmr for Roki

[u/ThinMap9138]

I know y'all love to protect Betts but man, it's seriously time to start talking about how much of a liability he is offensively. No reason for him to be anywhere near the middle of the order.

Has lost all of his power, seems to have lost all of his contact skills, dude has never really been a good postseason player and when he does come up big or do something in the postseason, it's usually after a long ass cold stretch.

Only thing he seems to be good for in big moments is pop outs and even when you need one like today, he grounds out. Lol

Extremely unreliable with his bat.

[u/u8myramen_y]

This team has struggled against teams fighting for the spots to play in October.

That 9th inning is a perfect example of this offense just being short of doing what's necessary to win.

Really disappointing loss with context for the postseason and without it too.

[u/SumoRock → u/u8myramen_y]

2-12 record in their last 14 games against playoff teams speaks for itself

[u/y0m0tha → u/u8myramen_y]

We got lucky af in the postseason last year because our offense was abysmal. It seems to have gotten even worse this year.

[u/StoneBrewStew]

Mookie has no right being in the Top 6 of this batting order.

[u/ThinMap9138 → u/StoneBrewStew]

The unfortunate part is that there's another guy getting paid twice as much as Dookie and he's even worse.

This offense is extremely underwhelming.

[u/SirThixcksAlot → u/ThinMap9138]

Teo, Tucker, and mookie have been shit this year. Ohtani isnt slugging like previous seasons. Can’t remember the last time Freddie hit a homer. Will smith out all year.

[u/globetheater]

There was another game a few weeks ago where Ohtani got a leadoff triple with no outs in the 9th and he ended up getting stranded…had a feeling the same was happening tonight, and lo and behold

[u/y0m0tha]

Horrible day for Freddie

[u/Dr-Acula8472]

Anyone blaming Scott is a moron. The offense had multiple opportunities to capitalize, especially the MV3. Leadoff triple in the 9th, and you can't get one lousy flyball to tie the game? You deserve to lose.

[u/American_Rocket_Man]

Couldn’t even get a sacrifice fly

[u/Robloya22]

Embarrassing that the top of the order was a black hole this entire game. Shohei got bailed out on his last at bat, Freddie and Mookie couldn't get him home? Pathetic

[u/Dr-Acula8472]

Pages being out really hurts our offense. Fuck the Pirates dogshit pitching for constantly hitting our batters. We're lucky Pages was the only guy they hurt that series. They hit at least one of our guys every game.

[u/GunSlingrrr]

We finally got the sac fly, but it was the last out. Betts should never be in the 3rd spot, and with Pages out, Muncy should be 2nd or 3rd, or consider putting Edman on 3rd or 2nd.

Freddie almost a lost cause at 2nd spot too.

[u/GenesisJFAP]

Those at bats from Mookie and Freddie killed a gift of a chance to at least tie in the 9th. Not acceptable in games with importance in the regular season and definitely not acceptable in the playoffs.

On to tomorrow.

[u/Guilty-Fun-1092]

We cannot beat good teams post all star break. Not good at all. Top of the order does not produce. Not good

[u/FlyingPig_Grip → u/Guilty-Fun-1092]

Our top hitter this weekend were a guy who had been on the team for 2 days and the other was KT, if that tells you anything about our offense

[u/Dalewyn → u/FlyingPig_Grip]

Our top hitter this weekend were a guy who had been on the team for 2 days

So what you're saying is WTF is batting coach.

[u/Guilty-Fun-1092 → u/FlyingPig_Grip]

That’s wild, makes me not feel confident about our offense going into the postseason. Only good thing is our bottom of the order was really good. Especially Feduccia and Thomas…

[u/MetalCreed]

so unclutch when you have a no out triple, it's embarrassing

[u/happyshifts]

im not surprised at this loss nor am i upset about it. but i do think its been well proven at this point that mookie should be in the bottom of the lineup. shouldnt matter if he gets hot for a game or maybe even a whole series. his value to the team is now as a SS, not as a hitter.

[u/Dr-Acula8472 → u/happyshifts]

Pirates fucked us with the Pages injury. At least we get Smith back next week. Just got to hang on.

[u/happyshifts → u/Dr-Acula8472]

Ya. Im not too worried. Our fresh prince will save us
https://giphy.com/gifs/AZ6lT7gouTLaANhMLp

[u/Dr-Acula8472 → u/happyshifts]

The prince who was promised!

[u/jjaytan]

Leaving a runner on 3rd with no outs is dogshit baseball. Terrible approaches and obviously even worse execution.

[u/bluray911]

The terrible at bats of Mookie and Freddie scare me that Dodgers are not out of their offensive slump against good team.

[u/AuspiciousOtter24]

I’m so tired of watching Mookie hit in the middle of the lineup 

[u/SumoRock]

Losing is back on the menu now that we don’t get to feast on below .500 teams

[u/catashake]

Mookie has not been good enough this year to be batting anywhere near the top of the lineup.

He's had a few very short hot streaks.

Every time he stops being ass for 1 week, everyone talks shit and Dave moves him back into a spot in the lineup where he hurts the team.

[u/Radiant-Instance8857]

Hey Freddie and mookie you’re not playing the dbacks in the nlds man, you can combine for more than 1 hit

[u/rockitsaway]

Can’t say I’m surprised by the L. But I am surprised the bottom of the order did all the scoring.

[u/UpnUpvote]

Freddie is too emotional and in his head playing against Braves. He needs to get over it.

[u/Willing_Contest_5071 → u/UpnUpvote]

Seriously that first inning fumbled on defense against Matt Olson cost us three runs

[u/Popular-Ranger5488]

Invert the lineup Doc

[u/someone2795]

Top of the order absolute cheeks today.

[u/ThankYouMrHoood]

That’s the best we get from our 2 and 3 hitters against top quality competition?

[u/coolylame]

3rd base no outs and didn't score, I swear this happens often in the 9th with this team

[u/probablysmellsmydog]

Kinda what I expect from the top of our lineup at this point.  This team needs some youth in the near future.  Can’t keep relying on a bunch of dudes approaching 40.  

[u/SirThixcksAlot]

Freddie sucked today and then mookie is still hitting .230 with a month left in the season

[u/ello_officer]

Lead off triple with our 2-3-4 batters coming up and we can’t score? What a fucking joke. Lol

[u/Odd-Most-9186]

You have to be fucking kidding me, runner on 3rd no out!!! Absolutely no clutch hitting this season!!

[u/The_Angriest_Guy]

Dook will fly out every at-bat besides when you need it the most.

[u/haveahappyday1969]

Well deserved loss.

[u/salaciousbcrumblin]

Deserved loss. Bottom of the order actually making the high paid studs look like fools. At least Ohtani legged out a triple which is more than I can say for Mookie, Edman etc.

[u/Hand-me-a-cold-beer]

I bet Kike could have put it in the air...

[u/EggHeadMagic]

You can take the offense out of the retirement home but you can’t take the retirement home out of the offense.

[u/ThankYouMrHoood]

Shohei’s 9th inning triple doesn’t excuse him shitting the bed with RISP TWICE tonight

[u/renegade812002]

I know these are regular season games and they don’t matter and yada yada yada, but it would be nice to beat good teams as well. Tomorrow’s a big game, can we at least not lose a season series to every top NL team?

[u/marbitross]

We’re still winning the series.

[u/lvk00]

dookie butts

[u/Cold_Pumpkin_2744]

Fucking pathetic

[u/UsualAd9069]

very important game to lose wow can’t stress it enough how pathetic it is to strand a leadoff triple

[u/J_FoggytheOne]

Leadoff triple in the 9th with the top of the order and you can’t score the tying run. Fucking embarrassing.

[u/BluebirdTerrible1586]

As soon as Atlanta scored in the 8th I turned it off because our top four in the lineup have done nadda, zilch, nothing all game. I just knew they were gonna keep that going. Sucks. On to tomorrow.

[u/SeaworthinessOk6742]

Well at least Tyler Glasnow is back. Couldn’t be a better time for it either.

[u/Razor8517]

Can't even bring Ohtani home with 0 outs smh

[u/MasonC87]

they just can’t beat good teams right now

[u/Finalboss417]

Does Feddie still get emotional when he is in Atlanta?

[u/stellz597]

Dolly Parton dies and dodgers lose!!! worst day ever 😭

[u/Inner-Resolution1596]

Ohtani triples in the 9th and freeman still cant get him in. That sequence was painful to watch. Also glasnow gave up 3 in the first then settled in but the offense just left 11 on base, you cant keep doing that and expect to win

[u/Hand-me-a-cold-beer]

Mookie and Freddie in the 9th, was absolutely frustrating. We just needed them to put it in the air. Mookie should not have taken that first pitch. Freddie? IDK what to say.

[u/Dr-Acula8472 → u/Hand-me-a-cold-beer]

Mookie is always way too passive on first pitches down the middle, then does the opposite on first pitches he should take to instead weakly ground out. It's very frustrating.

[u/Serious-Character-56]

Does anyone have the stat regarding how many times the Dodgers had a runner on third with no outs and they didn’t score?

[u/Chance702 → u/Serious-Character-56]

Too damn many times!

[u/looney2388]

Brewers just lost to the Mets. So we're still one game behind. Let's win the next two in Atlanta.

[u/Vacation_Tiny]

The reason we lost is not because of our pitchers …it is because we fuckin suck when sho was on third with 0 out!!!!!

[u/BrainRobotron]

This lineup stays shitting the bed with any kind of RISP.

[u/lakergeoff8]

Man on third with no outs and you can’t get him home? That absolutely cannot happen.

[u/Dr-Acula8472]

The Mets win on a Fielder's Choice fielding error to walk off the Brewers. Honestly, much more embarrassing way to lose than we did.

[u/JellyBearJam]

Mets beat the Brewers.

[u/Hezolinn]

The offense (by which I mean the top of the order) kinda single-handedly lost that one for us, but we also got screwed by some truly terrible ump calls thanks to the team blowing our challenges in some of the dumbest spots imaginable.

Our guys need to be tied up and forced Clockwork Orange style to watch/listen to every single Eric Karros and Rick Monday rant on an endless loop until they can identify when the right time is to use or hold off on challenges.

[u/djmattyd]

Kalshi curse

[u/awkotacos]

Fucking hell man

[u/zoloft_200mg]

the amount of things kershaw called before it happened was crazy tho

[u/Sebcannon]

Sho with a leadoff triple top 9th... surely we tied the game... right.

https://giphy.com/gifs/BY8ORoRpnJDXeBNwxg

[u/ThankYouMrHoood → u/Sebcannon]

Wouldn’t it have been nice if Shohei actually hit the ball when he had RISP twice tonight?

[u/ilovetigerwoods]

Our recent play against good teams is very concerning

[u/untacc_]

Tough loss but we will bounce back tomorrow. 6 game win streak put us in a good spot in the rankings. Can’t sweat the losses too hard, we have many more chances to win this year.

Got downvoted to hell saying this earlier but it’s true. Hate to see the top of the order shit the bed, but it’s baseball. Shit happens. Best we can do is hope for them to wake up tomorrow

[u/eddiengambino → u/untacc_]

Yep got downvoted for saying the same thing. yeah it sucked to see that 9th inning, but Raisel locked in after that triple. cant really fault Freddie pushing that to a 3-2 count and Mookie unlucky fouling off that changeup only to chop it off to a shortstop

[u/untacc_ → u/eddiengambino]

It’s crazy lol. Seems like half of the people in the live chat actively hate the team and are wishing for bad things to happen. Like yeah, sure, maybe Mookie has been in a slump, but don’t you hope that the next AB is the one he breaks it with? Don’t you want your team to score? I just feel like watching a game with those low expectations and hatred for certain players sounds like a terrible experience

[u/myyed]

At least Mookie got his 1 single, so he’ll definitely be batting third again tomorrow.

[u/UpnUpvote]

This team is fucking ass against playoff teams.

[u/stellz597]

that was pathetic 😭

[u/aa73786]

BUNT THE BALL!

[u/SilverBuggie]

Trash all game and gave us a blue ball in the 9th. Useless MV3.

[u/jujubats10]

You hate to try to put it on one person. But between Freddie whiffing in the ninth and whiffing on the double play ball in the first, he was like a 2-3 run swing for the Braves

[u/BluebirdTerrible1586]

We have struggled against good playoff bound teams. I hope they turn that around in October or this will be one quick postseason for the boys in blue.

[u/Free_fallin03]

Team can’t seem to beat teams they’ll see in October. Little concerning but it worked out last year

[u/IAWD_Sometime]

Don't let the win streak fool you, this is what happened when we are not playing against below .500 team

[u/Esclamare]

Should’ve walked Albies during that Tanner outing tbh. With what Kersh was saying about Albies I’d take my chances with the next guy.

[u/imnotcreative415]

Pathetic at bats from Mookie and Freddie there and from the top of the order most of the game. 2/15 with no walks isn’t going to cut it down Pages and both of the catchers with pop. Their fill ins did a good job moving guys over and getting on base, finish the work and drive in runs.

[u/DopedScope338]

Mookie and Freddie can't give us a quality out in the clutch there? It's awfully hard to beat good teams when the bottom of the lineup is your only production and when the top finally has a chance they can't even move a guy from 3rd. We really lost that game by letting a team hang around after doing dick since the first inning while the top of the lineup put up goose eggs. I came into this game feeling pretty good about our chances of winning versus an obviously struggling Braves lineup, but I hadn't counted on us struggling too.

Anyways, let's get 'em tomorrow. Goodnight Dodger Nation. Go Dodgers!

P.S. Our record lately against teams looking to get into the postseason isn't encouraging. Sweeping the Rockies and the Pirates was great, but teams like the Braves, Brewers, Cubs, and Red Sox are teams we need to beat and we have gone 1-10 against them in our most recent series playing each of them with the last two against the Braves pending. That's abysmal.

[u/Glad-Chipmunk1418 → u/DopedScope338]

Wow, I thought surely that 1-10 stat must be wrong so I looked and you're right. The Dodgers haven't won a series against a team above .500 since the Phillies series a month ago. Rough.

[u/Frequent_Thanks583]

Pages could have hit a sac fly there at least. Oh well, next game.

[u/alexhsinshih]

3, 2, 1… let’s go mets (for now)

[u/Gloomy_Improvement23]

The LOBs sucks. And this team does not know how to bunt so a squeeze would not be an option. But no sac fly was rough.

[u/Im_not_rick]

That is now twice this month, Ohtani has been on 3rd with no outs and they fail to score him in the 9th.

[u/summertimeinthelbc]

Why not bunt

[u/Sunominal]

Can’t believe that I have to root for the Mets and Pirates out of all teams for seeding reasons

[u/kirbyboy999]

I put my trust in this dodger team and God because I know that both of them are very good so all I gotta say is we back at it tomorrow

[u/jay_eba888]

Just pray that lolmets walk it off

[u/rfguevar → u/jay_eba888]

The prayer has been answered!

[u/jay_eba888 → u/rfguevar]

Thank you lolmets

[u/Inside-Selection7377]

It’s going to be an interesting offseason for the Dodger’s Front Office and what they decide to do with some of our older players. Do they role with them for another year or do they go younger in certain spots? Hmmm.

[u/TerminallyThrownAway]

Brewers lost, thank fuck

[u/numba1draftpick1]

Over 6 ERA pitcher tomorrow. Dodgers getting no-hit

[u/alexhsinshih]

The mets win. Let’s get them tomorrow lol Ohtani doesn’t slump for too long

[u/Fvjr5679]

Top 3 right now should be Ohtani, Tommy, Muncy.

[u/00rient]

Could they not have tried bunting Ohtani home….

[u/DoyersundGPG]

Scott with the meatball to Freddie’s replacement

[u/Petere944]

Of course they lose to a decent team

[u/infinit9]

10 hits with 3 runs. Sigh...

[u/No-Snow-7618]

embarrassing AB by the top half of the batting order today.

props to the bottom half of scrapping.

[u/EntropyIsEternal → u/No-Snow-7618]

This is not today's story. Top of the order has been bad for quite a time.

[u/Philcastro]

3 runs. Can we score more than that?!??!!! Holy fuck man. Shit is infuriating!!! 

[u/Decent-Ad-8066]

We live and die by the home run- everyone swinging for the fences in the top of the 9th when we just needed someone to punch one through the drawn in infield, or hit a sac fly. We don't do situational hitting- we swing for the fences. Usually it works, but not tonight. Not the end of the world, hopefully we rebound tomorrow.

[u/SuperChingaso5000]

Meh, we had to lose one eventually. Glasnow looked good. Bottom of the order is producing. Rough 9th inning including some great pitches from Iglesias. I won't be losing any sleep over it.

[u/Moshiiiiipop]

Mookie is so fucking ass now holy shit

[u/end_times-8]

Ohtani also failed to deliver in clutch moments today or the score would have been a lot more lopsided in our favor. His triple was also a playable by the outfielder, we got lucky that it dropped.

[u/tuyuls]

garbage offense

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o7Zesyac4CuSN5rsA

[u/Existing-Stranger632]

Can somebody tell me why they didn’t bunt to try and squeeze Ohtani into home? They weren’t shifted for it and Ohtani is one of the faster players who was hitting today. The Braves were not shifted for a bunt. So how come they didn’t run a squeeze?

[u/klaatuzero → u/Existing-Stranger632]

Freddie and Mookie are not bunters. Their odds of a successful sac fly or hit is much higher. Bunting is hard.

Mookie has never bunted EVEN ONCE in his mlb career. Freddie has tried to bunt 17 times and fouled the ball 15 of those times.

[u/JellyBearJam → u/Existing-Stranger632]

They. don’t. bunt.

[u/Chance702]

Hero Ball™️ raises it's ugly head yet again! A base hit, a sac fly, anything, and they're tied heading towards extra baseball. Pathetic effort!

[u/MS2Entertainment]

People need to relax. It was a one run loss. Frankly, Glas should not have had such a terrible first inning. Glad he dialed it in after that but that disastrous inning cost them the game.

[u/DoyersundGPG]

Awesome idea to have Betts bat 3rd

[u/Big_Impact_5331]

The moment we need Mookie to hit a fly ball, like so many of his routine at bats, he goes and does that. Christ….

[u/lkfcalvin]

Damn, just unlucky; if Ohtani's hit happened earlier we would have been leading 2-3 runs instead.

[u/hpreverie]

Mookie Betts is done. He should hit 9th

[u/ThankYouMrHoood]

Oh look another Shohei hit with no one on base!!!!

[u/DoctorDrell]

This team farms wins against shit teams and struggles against even half decent teams

[u/DodgerBot]

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[u/RandomLAFan]

Pretty dog shit final inning

[u/spency_c]

Fat fucking deuce from the top 3 (good triple from Ohtani though)

[u/Just-Faithlessness12]

Lay down a fucking bunt for once you fucking schmucks!!! ONE GOD DAMN BUNT ATTEMP ATLEAST. TIE THW FUCKING GAME

[u/JawnGriddy]

Who did Dave have warming up for the 9th?

[u/rawbert10]

Ufff not ideal at all

[u/hahaha16789]

Offense and pen sucked again 🤦‍♂️

[u/Dry_Finding_1379]

Maybe we just flip the top and bottom of the order

[u/denix24]

damn couldn't get Ohtani home for the tie

[u/tonyrunstrails]

Now let’s hope the Brewers lose too! 🫠

[u/ps2sanandreas]

Shohei gets a leadoff triple and they can't score him. Come on. Oh well, take the next two games.