Cardinals have shutdown Dodger offense in the last three games"

The Dodgers lost 7-2to Jack Flaherty and the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night without much of a protest.Not one Dodger got as far as second base in the entire game.Two solo home runs from Joc Pederson and Max Muncy was the Dodger offense that had been shutout for 18 straight innings from the 6th inning on Monday to the 6th inning tonight.Jack Flaherty’s Game Score of 70 was the highest this season against the Dodgers.In fact he became the first opposing starting pitcher to record a Game Score higher than 56 against the Dodgers.Kenta Maeda allowed the first Cardinal run when Marcell Ozuna stole third after he had doubled in the second inning.He would score on a Yadier Molina ground out.The Cardinals added a run when Dexter Fowler got a two-out single to score Paul DeJong.The Dodgers had halved the lead to a run but in the bottom of the sixth Jake Smolinski Jersey , Maeda gave up a run-scoring triple to DeJong and then Molina continued his assault on Dodger pitching by hitting a two-run homer to make it 5-1.Ozuna would close the scoring with a ringing line drive two-run homer off the foul pole in the eighth inning.And while the lack of offense has hampered the Dodgers in this series, you cannot overlook the fact that in 11 of their 13 games, opponents have scored four or more runs against the Dodgers.Andrew Friedman and Dave Roberts made a point of saying the Dodgers were going to try and be more consistent offensively this season.Sure this is just three games but it will be interesting to see if the team can make adjustments in the series finale.Player of the game:Jack Flaherty pitched six great innings against the Dodgers, he gave up one run, three hits and struck out eight.Look aheadThe Dodgers will be playing their getaway game and will try to salvage one game and come back to Los Angeles with a winning road trip.Walker Buehler (1-0 6.75 ERA) will start against Michael Wacha (0-0 1.54 ERA).First pitch will be at 10:15 a.m. PDT and it will be televised on Sportsnet LA and MLB Network (out-of-local-markets only) with radio coverage on KLAC 570 AM and KTNQ 1020 (Spanish) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodgers infielder Enrique Hernandez apologized Tuesday after complaining “the fans had no energy” during Los Angeles‘ Game 3 loss in the NL Championship Series.Hernandez tweeted a statement claiming his comments were taken out of context. He said he was “really frustrated” following a 4-0 loss to the Brewers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. Los Angeles trails the best-of-seven series 2-1.“We all know Kike is very emotional http://www.athleticsfanproshop.com/authentic-khris-davis-jersey ,” manager Dave Roberts said before Game 4. “I know he feels we’re all in it together as far as players, coaches, fans. His interaction with the fans is top-level, so I know he felt bad that it was kind of received that way.”Hernandez said that “last night felt off” and “was just a weird day overall.” He said the Dodgers’ play in Game 3 was “unacceptable.”“What I said last night doesn’t portray the way I truly feel about you guys!” he wrote. “You guys are the best fans in baseball.”He also promised to deliver a better effort in Game 4 on Tuesday night.Clayton Kershaw, who will start Game 5 on Wednesday Chad Pinder Jersey , said if a team isn’t getting hits, it’s harder to create energy.“You become flat because there’s not a lot of momentum going on when you’re not getting a lot of hits,” Kershaw said. “Guys on the bench that aren’t playing that day, maybe we need to do a better job of staying vocal and making sure these guys know we’re behind them and supporting them.”Roberts said the fans who booed struggling catcher Yasmani Grandal had a right to do so, but said hearing it “is tough.”“They want us to play well http://www.athleticsfanproshop.com/authentic-khris-davis-jersey , and they have every right to expect that from us,” Roberts said.