The Dodgers built a 5-0 lead after five innings. But the bullpen couldn’t make it stand up as the Astros scored seven times in the final four innings.
Houston Astros’ Alex Bregman celebrates after hitting a walk-off home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Houston. HOUSTON — Like one sibling acting out when the other is getting too much attention, the Dodgers’ bullpen is starting to steal the spotlight from the starting rotation.
“It is. It absolutely is,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts agreed. “We’re still in first place. You still have to win games and you can look back at each game and say ‘Could the starter have gone longer to save an inning here and there?’ But the bottom line is we’re in first place and you have to win games somehow.
Ohtani’s latest blast left the bat at 118.7 mph. Only three players this season have hit balls harder – Oneill Cruz , Giancarlo Stanton and …. Ohtani . Wrobleski got Bregman to hit a soft ground ball up the middle for a forceout. It was hit too softly to turn a double play. And he got Alvarez to line out to Teoscar Hernandez in left field, the runner at third base holding.
“Starting that inning I thought about Evan at Diaz,” Roberts said. “It was the first time had gone into the sixth inning in his big-league career. It was his fourth start. He pitched his tail off. There wasn’t a whole lot of swing and miss tonight so I just felt Diaz had good at-bats and it was just a good opportunity, I felt, to get Evan in the game to put the fire out and if it was going to be one more hitter anyway to end on a good note and finish out the game with a five-run lead.
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