The LA Dodgers, who had enjoyed incredible seasons of 100 wins in the regular season for four consecutive years excluding the 2020 season when the shortened season was held, made a poor exit from the fall stage again this year. What was most shocking was that they never got ahead against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The Dodgers lost 2-4 in an away match against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2023 Major League Baseball National League Division Series (NLDS) held at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, USA on the 12th (Korean time).
This year, the Dodgers had their best year in the regular season with 100 wins, 62 losses, and a winning percentage of 0.617. Ace Clayton Kershaw was injured, Julio Urias, who was about to become a free agent, was withdrawn from the lineup due to domestic violence charges, and key starting players such as Walker Buehler, Tony Gonsolin, and Trevor May were injured. Despite the circumstances, they played well in the 162-game journey and won the National League Western Division championship.
Even if there was a gap in the starting lineup, good results could be expected in the postseason as ‘Ace’ Kershaw took the mound as the first starter and had a strong batting lineup such as Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman. However, the results after opening the lid were very cruel. It’s not just the results. The course was also a serious performance. It was more shocking that they couldn’t get ahead토토사이트 of Arizona even for a single moment than that they didn’t win a single game.
It was unusual from the first game held on the 8th. The Dodgers used ‘Ace’ Kershaw as the starter, but he left behind disastrous results, allowing 6 hits (1 home run), 1 walk, and 6 runs (6 earned) in 1⅓ innings. Despite his brilliant career, he is said to be particularly weak in the fall, but it was the first time he was judged without being able to play even one inning. After allowing 6 runs in ⅓ innings, his earned run average reached 162.00.
As the odds were stacked against them from the start in Game 1, the Dodgers were never able to get ahead of Arizona, and the same was true in Game 2, where the score difference was not that large. The Dodgers used Bobby Miller as a starter in Game 2 against Arizona on the 10th, and like Kershaw, he came under fire from the first inning. As a result, the game started with 3 points conceded, and although they started to catch up late, they were unable to turn the game around.
The content of the game, which was as disastrous as the ‘sweep loss’ result, was not much different in the third game. Dodger starter Lance Lynn tied up Arizona’s batting line without allowing a run until the second inning, but in the bottom of the third inning, the defense gave up home runs to four batters, including Herrado Perodomo, Ketel Marte, Christian Walker, and Gabriel Morino, and they began to fall again. And in the process, he became the first to allow four home runs in one inning in the major league postseason.
The flow of the game on this day was similar to the second game. In the 7th inning, when defeat was deepening, the Dodgers chased down two runs with two outs and four consecutive hits based on strong concentration. However, it was not easy to make up for the four runs that were lost by giving up home runs to four batters. As a result, they were never able to get ahead of Arizona throughout the series and were swept, and even after winning 100 games, the fall baseball season ended in 3 games.
As a result, both throwing and hitting were problems. The Dodgers only scored 6 runs in 3 games, and the starters in Games 1 through 3 allowed a total of 13 runs in 4⅔ innings. It was a game that could not be won despite the worst performance.