After taking the first two games of the series and homestand against the Rangers, for the second straight series the Dodgers played a sloppy series finale with the B-lineup in there in a 5-2 loss.
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Lazy recap? Lazy recap.
Gonna spend the same effort on the recap as the Dodgers have seemingly used today.
— Chad Moriyama (@chadmoriyama.bsky.social) April 12, 2026 at 1:06 PM
The highlights for the Dodgers basically consists of Shohei Ohtani‘s lead-off homer against Jacob deGrom.
All Shohei needed was one pitch! pic.twitter.com/nyuCiJSTaT
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) April 12, 2026
It was basically all downhill from there.
After the first two batters reach, Roki strikes out the side. pic.twitter.com/6FtQwvhJgv
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) April 12, 2026
Roki Sasaki labored through four innings and managed to only allow two runs, yet it was arguably his worst start of the season, as he struck out six but walked five and was lucky to not have it worse.
It’s mostly funny cause they all struck out. Knowing what pitch is coming arguably put them into swing mode, making it more likely they chased his erratic command, lol. https://t.co/waZjAW5ah2
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) April 12, 2026
Over the final five innings, the pen walked five more and allowed three insurance runs for the Rangers.
With 10 walks and the sloppiness, the Dodgers are just lucky this was ever close, really.
— Chad Moriyama (@chadmoriyama.bsky.social) April 12, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Meanwhile, the offense was limited to six hits and five walks on the day, and things weren’t helped by them going 1-for-6 with RISP.
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Not to worry, Dave Roberts loves you.
Just remember, Dave always has your back. pic.twitter.com/HETQw8kEU7
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) April 12, 2026
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The Dodgers fall to 11-4. Doomed.
Tomorrow the Dodgers welcome in the Mets for three games, starting at 4:10 PM HT/7:10 PM PT/10:10 PM ET. It’ll be Justin Wrobleski against David Peterson.
