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Dave Roberts attempts to explain Shohei Ohtani, Kyle Tucker’s recent offensive struggles
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Nobody can deny that the Los Angeles Dodgers are the best team in baseball . It's evident by their lineup that they are the two-time defending World Series champions. However, they've lost back-to-back games to the San Francisco Giants .
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On Wednesday, they lost 3-0 in the second of a three-game series. Second baseman Hyeseong Kim threw an error . Plus, Shohei Ohtani 's on-base streak ended at 53 games . Also, Dodgers' rookie catcher Dalton Rushing had a heated moment with Jung Hoo Lee due to a play at the plate earlier in the series.
At the same time, manager Dave Roberts acknowledged the woes affecting Ohtani and Kyle Tucker , per SportsNet LA. First, he said that Ohtani gets into jams for trying too hard on fastballs.
"I think the aggressiveness is still there," he said. "I think at times, there's a little bit of too much pull in there. And then I think he makes a concerted effort to stay on the ball, see it a little bit longer and gets beat a little bit with the fastball. I think for me, I've said it for a long time, when he stays in the middle of the field, there's no one better."
Meanwhile, Tucker's struggles stem from having to do too much. But Roberts is still trying to figure out the source of Tucker's issues.
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"With Tuck, I think that he's just clearly not comfortable and is frustrated doing extra work with the hitting guys. But I don't right now have an answer."
The Dodgers are 16-8. On Wednesday, both Ohtani and Tucker went 0-for-4. Tucker went 0-for-4 in both games.
Tucker is batting .233 and has struck out 24 times. Meanwhile, Ohtani, while still one of the best, if not the best, players in the game, has endured some inconsistency thus far.
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