Dodgers cap 13-game stretch with a dud against Diamondbacks
LOS ANGELES — After a run of 13 consecutive games did the Dodgers no favors, perhaps a five-city tour is more their speed.
Even with Tyler Glasnow on the mound on Wednesday night, the Dodgers were overcome by the Arizona Diamondbacks in a 6-0 loss when the offense disappeared and a three-game series was squandered.
The daunting top of the order of Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman and Will Smith went a combined 2 for 14 mostly against right-hander Brandon Hughes, who was coming off an outing when he gave up eight runs on 11 hits.
The Dodgers left at least one runner on through the first six innings and were shut out for the third time this season. They had six hits and were 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position.
Perhaps the view of an upcoming day off was too much to ignore. The Dodgers went 7-6 over the demanding two-week stretch and will have only Thursday’s free time to rest up for another challenging stretch. Up next is a run of consecutive road series, a single home series and consecutive road series again.
From Friday through June 9, the Dodgers will play more games in New York, than they will at home. The next 15 games will include three in Queens against the Mets and conclude with three in the Bronx against the Yankees.
If there is any consolation, they will get a day off before and after a three-game home series against the Colorado Rockies from May 31-June 2.
Glasnow (6-3) gave up three runs on four hits over five innings with a walk and six strikeouts as he took the loss in consecutive starts for the first time with the Dodgers.
He gave up nothing of consequence in the first four innings, save for a first-inning single that extended Ketel Marte’s career-best hitting streak to 21 games.
In the fifth, though, a walk to Gabriel Moreno and a single from Kevin Newman were cashed in on Corbin Carroll’s two-run triple to the wall in right center. Carroll then scored on a Glasnow wild pitch.
Arizona made it 4-0 in the sixth inning when Walker hit his second home run of the series, this one off of right-hander Elieser Hernandez. Marte’s eighth-inning homer off of left-hander Ryan Yarbrough clanked off the cage connected to the left-field foul pole.
The Dodgers were outscored 17-9 in the three-game series and have dropped two games in a row for just the second time since April 21.
Up next is some time to pack bags and take a flight to Cincinnati before a trip to New York to face the Mets. The home series against the Rockies will be followed immediately by visits to Pittsburgh and New York again for a showdown with the Yankees, one of the few teams able to match the Dodgers both in pitching and hitting this season.
More to come on this story.