Finishing second in the NL West does not actually give you an edge in the postseason, despite what Los Angeles Dodgers fans might be thinking right now. One year after the San Diego Padres knocked out the 111-win Dodgers and two years after the Dodgers knocked out the 107-win San Francisco Giants, the Arizona Diamondbacks — 2023's version of the scrappy second fiddle — are threatening to send the Dodgers' season out with another tune on the world's smallest violin.
Los Angeles, CA - October 09:Dodgers Freddie Freeman, #5, reacts to striking out during 8th inning action in Game 2 of the NLDS at Dodger Stadium Monday, October 9, 2023. The Diamondbacks defeated the Dodgers 4-2 and lead the series 2-0. Finishing second in the NL West does not actually give you an edge in the postseason, despite what Los Angeles Dodgers fans might be thinking right now.
In the first two games of this NLDS against the 84-win Diamondbacks, the Dodgers who have been called upon have not had the answers. Arizona pounced on Clayton Kershaw in“I think sometimes, as Clayton did yesterday, you've just got to take your medicine and say, I wasn't good enough on that particular outing,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Sunday.
Timing explains only who faces off, though. Gallen had never earned a victory at Dodger Stadium before Monday, and in the fifth inning, he faced a key situation, needing to get Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman out with runs threatening. Perhaps noticing that Dodgers hitters were sitting on his fastball, he landed a key strikeout against Freeman with a string of curveballs.
In the bottom of the sixth, Wong pinch-hit for Miguel Rojas with the bases loaded. He joined the Dodgers organization Aug. 9 after spending a brutal few months with the Seattle Mariners, batting .165 in 67 games, losing any hold on playing time and eventually getting released. He didn’t appear with the Dodgers’ major-league club until September, but once he did, he batted .300 in limited time.
“Anyone who has been here before knows that when that first pitch was thrown in Milwaukee, it is 0-0, everyone's ERA and batting average is 0, and you get a fresh start,” said Sewald, the Arizona closer, “and we just capitalized on every opportunity so far in the first four.”
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