Dodgers Bats Remain Silent in Loss to San Diego

Okay. Seriously. This is getting old. Getting a little bit tired of writing the “Dodgers Offense Sputters” headline. Tonight, it was Yu Darvish who held the Dodgers in check, giving up a lone run in the first inning. His mound opponent Clayton Kershaw wasn’t bad, but the Padres nicked him for three solo home runs, which proved more than enough tonight. The final tally: Padres 6, Dodgers 1. Ugh.

The fact that you clicked on this post means one of two things: 1. You didn’t see the game and are genuinely curious about what happened. Or 2. You are a masochist and will be going to an elective colonoscopy directly after reading the gory details included here.

Good Start…

Well, let’s start with the good news. The first inning. Mookie Betts led off with a nice double and then scored a couple of batters later on a Max Muncy single.

In fact, Betts made solid contact in a few at bats tonight, so it does look like he’s coming back into his own at the plate. Which is a silver lining to this mess tonight. And Clayton Kershaw did get a nice opposite field knock against Darvish. So he’s got those bragging rights the next time they see each other. And that’s about it.

Kershaw dinged by the long ball…

On the mound, Kershaw was okay, lasting 7 innings and getting seven strikeouts while only giving up five hits.

Unfortunately, three of the five hits were absolutely pulverized, two of which by Fernando Tatis, Jr. Tatis was in the mood to go long at Dodger Stadium in that his dad, the original Fernando Tatis hit two (count ’em, two!) grand slams in this very same stadium on this date 22 years ago. Dad must have been proud.

“It was alright” Kershaw said of his outing. “Obviously made some mistakes and they went over the fence, so that was the difference in the game.” The Dodgers had a bit of a threat going in the seventh, but Mookie Betts‘s rocket to third was snared by crowd favorite Manny Machado. The Dodgers only managed four hits for the entire night.

In addition, the relief pitching was poor, the defense was outclassed, and Corey Knebel came out of the game with what looked like an injury.

Ugh. This was without a doubt the worst game of the season series between these two teams. Dodgers were never really in it. Turn the page, Dodgers fans. And don’t be late for that colonoscopy.