Walker Buehler runs into trouble early and the bullpen provides little relief as the Dodgers give up 16 hits in a 10-4 loss to the Chicago Cubs.
It was around this time last year that the Dodgers offense started cooling off. After a sluggish performance at the plate this week, they can only hope it isn’t happening again. Before the Dodgers crashed out of the 2023 playoffs in a National League Division Series sweep against the Arizona Diamondbacks, the team’s bats began to quiet in September, when declining production from big stars and role players alike foreshadowed the offensive no-show that doomed the team in October.
Will Smith failed to build off a three-hit performance Sunday, continuing his second-half slide with an 0-for-five line that included a strikeout with two runners aboard in the fifth. Tommy Edman had two hits, while Gavin Lux, Chris Taylor and Miguel Rojas each singled. But as a team, the Dodgers were just two for seven with runners in scoring position — not nearly enough on a night they trailed 3-0 after the first inning and 7-2 at the end of the sixth.
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