The Los Angeles Dodgers faced off against the Chicago White Sox in the rubber match of the three-game series at Rate Field, but things didn’t go their way as they finished up the road trip.
The Dodgers were also without manager Dave Roberts, who is away from the team for his daughter’s graduation from Stanford. Bench coach Danny Lehmann filled in as the skipper for the day.
The Dodgers now return home starting on Monday night for their second and final homestand of the month at Dodger Stadium with three games each against the Tampa Bay Rays and Baltimore Orioles.
White Sox 6, Dodgers 4: key takeaways
Dodgers offense fails with runners on base
The Dodgers scored first on a first inning home run from Freddie Freeman, but outside of that, their offense was quiet for most of the day despite a late comeback attempt and failed to deliver with runners in scoring position. The club was 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position and left eight runners on base.
They did pull the game within reach a bit more when Alex Freeland hit a sacrifice fly to score Dalton Rushing, who reached on a double in the seventh inning. Mookie Betts also slugged a solo home run in the eighth that cut the White Sox’s lead to 6-3.
That marked the first time this season that Betts had a multi-hit day in consecutive games.
In the ninth, the Dodgers showed some more life and battled, starting with a leadoff walk from Ryan Ward. With one out, Alex Freeland worked a nine-pitch at-bat and doubled home Ward to put the tying run at the plate.
Shohei Ohtani walked to put the tying run on base, but the Dodgers left the runners stranded once again as Andy Pages grounded into a force out and Freeman struck out to end the game.
Emmet Sheehan & Jack Dreyer blow lead
Emmet Sheehan was excellent early in the game, throwing five scoreless innings with eight strikeouts and only one hit allowed. He looked completely locked in and didn’t allow the first hit until the fourth inning before striking out the next batter to end the frame.
But things fell apart in the sixth inning for both Sheehan and the Dodgers. Sam Antonacci started the White Sox off with a solo home run that tied the game, and that was followed by a single from Miguel Vargas.
After Vargas stole second, Andrew Benintendi doubled to put the White Sox ahead. That ended Sheehan’s day as he was unable to record an out in the sixth and gave up the lead.
Jack Dreyer took over and was greeted with a two-run homer by Colson Montgomery that put Chicago up 4-1. A single from Braden Montgomery kept the rally going, and it was capped off by Chase Meridoth homering, the second two-run blast of the inning off Dreyer that gave the White Sox a 6-1 lead.
The White Sox recorded six consecutive hits to begin the sixth inning and scored all six of their runs during that frame.
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