After Gavin Stone's hot start this season, the Dodgers ' de facto No. 2 pitcher needs to shake off a slump that includes a loss to Houston Friday.
There is a very real chance that Gavin Stone could be the Dodgers’ No. 2 start when the playoffs begin in a couple months. If so, the Dodgers will need him to pitch much better than he did Friday night. In a 5-0 loss at Minute Maid Park, Stone got knocked around by a resurgent Houston Astros club and its star-studded, high-powered offense, giving up four runs in six innings to continue a July slide during what had previously been a strong rookie season for the 25-year-old right-hander.
The Dodgers offered little support offensively, especially after Freddie Freeman was scratched from the lineup pregame to fly back to Los Angeles to be with his family . Shohei Ohtani led the game off with a double. After that, the Dodgers didn’t have another hit until the sixth inning, when they stranded the bases loaded. In the seventh, a mental miscue cost them a run, when Kiké Hernández was tagged out at second base before Miguel Vargas could score from third on an infield single.
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