Dodgers' Roberts Slams Offense, Defense After Brewers Loss
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- Dave Roberts publicly called out his team after a 6-2 loss to the Brewers on Sunday, citing 'four or five, six weeks of below-average production' on offense and a lack of clean baseball on defense.
- The Dodgers lost three of four in the series, falling three games behind Milwaukee in the NL best-record race and handing the Brewers the head-to-head tiebreaker for postseason seeding.
- Los Angeles is 5-11 in its past 16 games and 18-21 since July 1, with the offense mustering just three runs on 11 hits and three walks across the final two games of the series.
- Shohei Ohtani grounded into an inning-ending double play with runners on first and third in the seventh, exemplifying Roberts' complaint that the lineup lacks a consistent 'plan of attack, 1 through 9.'
- Second baseman Tommy Edman committed two errors in the finale, allowing three runs — including a failed force attempt in the second that opened the scoring and a missed double-play grounder in the ninth that widened the gap to 6-1.
- Despite the skid, Los Angeles holds a seven-game lead over the San Diego Padres in the NL West and is jockeying with Milwaukee and the Atlanta Braves for the two spots that skip the wild-card rounds.
Why it matters: The Dodgers built around Ohtani as back-to-back World Series champions, but a 5-11 slide now puts their grip on a top-two NL seed — and the bye that comes with it — in real jeopardy. Because Milwaukee holds the head-to-head tiebreaker, matching the Brewers' final record could still leave Los Angeles stuck in the wild-card round despite its seven-game NL West cushion.
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