Hernández: You can blame Andrew Friedman’s roster construction, pitcher strategy for Dodgers’ epic collapse
Barely a week after setting a franchise record with 111 regular-season victories, the Dodgers see their season end in an NLDS loss to the Padres.Consider the sequence of events that resulted in the come-from-ahead 5-3 defeat to the San Diego Padres in Game 4 of the National League Division Series that ended the Dodgers’ season.
The consequence of this was that Roberts would have to make pitching change after pitching change over the last four innings of the game, each call to the bullpen representing a potential landmine.Julio Urias pitched only five innings in Game 1. Clayton Kershaw was taken out of the same point of Game 2. The Dodgers resorted to a bullpen game in Game 3 in which starter Tony Gonsolin registered only four outs; relievers had to cover the final 6 2/3 innings.
Kahnle walked Jurickson Profar, who reached third on a single to right-center field by Trent Grisham.Kahnle was replaced by Yency Almonte, who didn’t fare much better. Left-hander Alex Vesia was summoned to pitch to the left-handed-hitting Cronenworth, who drove in two runs that moved the Padres in front, 5-3.
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