The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-1, ending a seven-game losing streak. Manager Dave Roberts expressed concern about the team's performance. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Associated Press.
Dave Roberts didn't look like a manager whose team had just won a Major League Baseball game on Saturday night, wearing a tired, slightly-concerned look on his face while contemplating the 3 1/2 hours of baseball he had just witnessed. He knows his two-time defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers aren't playing well right now. The only solace is that they're back in the win column.
"That was a tough one," Roberts said. "But we'll take it."
Shohei Ohtani brought home the go-ahead run in the 10th inning on an infield single and the Dodgers snapped a seven-game losing streak with a white-knuckle 2-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
There were definitely some good performances in the victory. Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings, Kyle Tucker launched a solo homer for a 1-0 lead in the eighth and Jack Dreyer earned his first save of the year after fielding a comebacker that started a game-ending 1-4-3 double play.
But the negatives were glaring: Edwin Diaz blew a save for the second time two days, giving up the tying run in the ninth. And considering the offense is filled with superstars like Ohtani, Tucker, Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts, runs are really hard to come by these days.
The Dodgers are averaging less than 3 1/2 runs per game over the past eight games. On Saturday night, D-backs right-hander Brandon Pfaadt breezed through the high-priced Dodgers' lineup with seven scoreless innings.