One night after the Los Angeles Dodgers had a strong pitching performance and no offense, the opposite was the case as the bats showed up but the pitching struggled in an 8-7 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers.
Joey Ortiz drove in the first run of the game, singling home Blake Perkins, who reached on a triple thanks to a defensive misplay from Teoscar Hernández. From there, Sheehan fell into more trouble in the top of the third inning.
He threw a wild pitch and walkes Brice Turang to put two on, then allowed a two-run double to William Contreras to put the Brewers up 3-0. A single from Jackson Chourio put runners at the corners, and they scored their fourth run of the inning on a sacrifice fly to make it 4-0.
But the Dodgers offense finally broke through, answering in the bottom half of the third. Miguel Rojas started them off with a walk and then Shohei Ohtani blasted his 33rd home run of the season to make it a 4-2 game.
Will Smith followed with a single and Freddie Freeman walked to put two more runners on base before Hernández doubled home Smith, cutting it to a one-run deficit. The Dodgers tied it up on a wild pitch, allowing Freeman to score, but left Hernández stranded at third.
After the two teams traded four-run third innings, the Brewers jumped back out in front on a home run from Isaac Collins to start the fourth. That ended the day for Sheehan, who lasted just 3+ innings while allowing five runs.
Jack Dreyer shut the Brewers down for two innings before Ben Casparius entered in the sixth. Collins worked a walk against him, stole second base and scored on a double from Caleb Durbin to give the Brewers a two-run lead.
The Dodgers added another run back in the bottom of the sixth after three singles from Tommy Edman, Rojas, and the RBI-hit from Ohtani, making it 6-5. For Edman, that ended an 0-for-29 stretch at the plate.
Casparius fell into some more trouble in the seventh after allowing a pair of singles before exiting the game. Anthony Banda took over and struck out Christian Yelich, but allowed a single to Vaughn that made it 7-5.
The Brewers extended their lead in the eighth against Lou Trivino with a home run from Ortiz to put them up by three.
Edman homered in the bottom half of the eighth to add that run make, keeping it at a two-run deficit, and Rojas followed with a solo shot of his own that made it 8-7.
Their comeback attempt fell short as Trevor Megill shut them down in the ninth.
Dodgers struggles continue
The Dodgers won two games prior to the All-Star break, but that ended a seven-game losing streak for them. Now with the break over, they’ve lost the first two games back and have gone just 2-9 in their last 11 games.
Their division lead has also been cut to 4.5 games over the San Diego Padres and six games over the San Francisco Giants. In addition, the Dodgers are 24-26 against teams better than .500.
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