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Dodgers snaps losing streak vs. Cardinals, but home run drought lives on
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After an ugly almost-week of not-so-winning baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers have officially snapped their season-long four-game losing streak, with Justin Wrobleski leading his squad past the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 .
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Suddenly, the malaise of a work week’s worth of losing baseball has passed in the City of Angeles, and fans can look ahead to a series against Kyle Tucker’s former team, the Houston Astros , on the road starting on Monday.
And yet, while Los Angeles is back in the winning column, everything isn’t back on track with Dave Roberts’ squad, as the team’s home run drought has now grown to six games, as reported by Dodger Talk host David Vassegh.
“Last time Dodgers didn’t hit a Home Run in 6 straight games was July 2014 that was during an 8 game HR drought,” Vassegh wrote.
While the Dodgers did score their most runs in a game since their season-opener against the Miami Marlins in Game 3 against the Cardinals, all four of their runs were manufactured, with Freddie Freeman , Andy Pages , Heyseong Kim, and Alex Call – as a pinch hitter, no less – each earning RBIs in the 10-hit game. Shohei Ohtani had another hitless game, even if he did technically get on base via balls, and Freeman, one of the best hitters in the history of Busch Stadium, continued his Missouri dominance.
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With Mookie Betts set to return at some point this month, the Dodgers will get some offensive reinforcements from a former MVP. But to really get back on track, Roberts needs his star players to play like star players, something another former MVP, Freeman, knows all too well.
“I think there’s a lot more room for improvement on our offense,” Freeman declared.
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