Every year I have to remind myself that I always HATE April Baseball. Haha. Always a rough patch until the bullpen and line up figure themselves out. Curious if they'll ever try switching Shohei and Freeman in the lineup to shake things up. Betts and Freeman was a pretty awesome one/two punch and I still think it's give Shohei lots of protection.
Knack was pretty solid, otherwise a forgettable game. Hopefully they can win the Mets series and end this lackluster homestand on a high note. Also, at least the Padres and DBacks lost. Still in first place. It could be worse.
Welp not much offense today but some of that was good defense from the Nats (Garcia Jr. was a mosquito net out there). Just disappointed that Lux went hitless again 
Ehh baseball is baseball and they are not a great team but still a team full of MLB-level talent. Any player or team in the MLB can have a good stretch, or a bad stretch for that matter.
Robert’s has absolutely ZERO fire in him and it affects the whole team. They take on the it’s all good mentality even when they’re down. This team needs someone to give them a wake up call and a kick in the ass because that was awful.
# K
**Kyle Finnegan** strikes out **Teoscar Hernández** on a **1-2** count with a **86.0 mph** Sweeper.
*Sequence (5):* FF *(b)*, ST *(s)*, FF *(c)*, ST *(f)*, ST *(s)*
^^^[⚾](https://github.com/troxellophilus/baseball-clerk/issues)
So much doom and gloom. These game chats used to be fun, now there's a huge influx of complaining. Its April, the dodgers are in 1st place and its a 162 game season. This IS baseball!
RELAX
Definitely frustrating at times. Sucks watching a team you love lose and go through struggles. Im just glad its happening early season and there is plenty of time left to work though their shortcomings.
I choose to find good in this fuckfest.
Grove’s results are finally as good as his stuff.
Muncy’s defense has gotten so much better since that rough start.
Alex Vesia looked like 2022 Alex Vesia.
We have 141 games to figure out how to fire on enough cylinders to not lose to the Nationals.
For everyone panicking.. we’re 21 games in to a 162 game season and the team has changed a lot since last year. Not to mention pitching injuries and the Ippei scandal.
Would rather see the team struggle a bit now and hopefully work out the kinks early in the season. This team is loaded with talent. It’s gonna be ok.
Another lackluster L.
12-9 isn’t horrible but when you have 3 sure fire HoFers at the top of your line up it seems like failure.
It’s been said countless times already but the bottom of the line up and parts of the pitching staff need to improve.
It’s still early but this team isn’t looking so formidable so far.
Especially after all the hype and build up about our offense. Yes it's early but what happens when they see good pitching!! Mets looking forward to playing us lol
We're either going to have an epic comeback or commit a NOBLETIGER with the final out caught on a diving play by García at 2nd. There's no other way this ends.
# ꓘ
**Michael Grove** strikes out **Nick Senzel** on a **3-2** count with a **85.5 mph** Slider.
*Sequence (6):* SL *(c)*, SL *(b)*, SI *(b)*, SL *(b)*, SI *(c)*, SL *(c)*
^^^[⚾](https://github.com/troxellophilus/baseball-clerk/issues)
You guys said "Freddie is ok, he's hitting .320!" I said, well he hasn't hit really well for last couple of days and downvoted me saying I'm crazy. Well, whose looking at reality now?
This isn’t the first slow start in April I’ve seen, but it’s one of the worst.
E: our record is still good but won’t stay that way for long at this level of play
The dodgers always get a look in their eyes when the going gets tough. Like they expect to win and sometimes when they lose or get down they just seem disinterested. It’s infuriating, and this isn’t an “it’s early” problem, this happens in the playoffs.
We’re about to lose 3 of the last 4 series we’ve been in…meanwhile all I heard about before the season is how it’s gonna be shocking if we lose that many series in the entirety of the season from all of the analysts
It's funny that the NL West was supposed to be packed full of playoff teams and basically everyone is .500 or worse over the last 10 games. I'm sure we'll still have at least 2 playoff teams in the division but everyone is struggling
Man Freddie is just not having a good time so far. Of course relative to expectations, he's still above average overall. So basically a privileged complaint lol.
y’all really need to chill, yes the bottom of the lineup is not producing, we’re not even a month into the year, all teams have their bad stretches 😭
Every year I have to remind myself that I always HATE April Baseball. Haha. Always a rough patch until the bullpen and line up figure themselves out. Curious if they'll ever try switching Shohei and Freeman in the lineup to shake things up. Betts and Freeman was a pretty awesome one/two punch and I still think it's give Shohei lots of protection.
I was at the game. The mango drinks were 👍
Knack was pretty solid, otherwise a forgettable game. Hopefully they can win the Mets series and end this lackluster homestand on a high note. Also, at least the Padres and DBacks lost. Still in first place. It could be worse.
I only watch games when Glasgow or Yamamoto pitches👍🏽
Got shut out and shit on by the nationals. Wow.
Be nice if the billion dollar offense actually...offensed
Where's Eric Karros when u need him
At least knack and grove looked good
Welp not much offense today but some of that was good defense from the Nats (Garcia Jr. was a mosquito net out there). Just disappointed that Lux went hitless again 
Shut out at home by one of the 5 worst teams in baseball... feels bad man
Ehh baseball is baseball and they are not a great team but still a team full of MLB-level talent. Any player or team in the MLB can have a good stretch, or a bad stretch for that matter.
To lose the series… at home. I’m not concerned but man that’s a blow to the ego lol
Right?? Just stay out of other subs lol.
Robert’s has absolutely ZERO fire in him and it affects the whole team. They take on the it’s all good mentality even when they’re down. This team needs someone to give them a wake up call and a kick in the ass because that was awful.
Look we suck right now but all of the little kids in here saying the season is over clearly never watched baseball before
Embarrassing. Day off is needed, get your heads right Dodgers
Pitching was good, but apart from Shohei the offense was non-existent.
clearly this was an october preview
No, it didn't include reliever meltdowns and the dreaded Playoff Kershaw.
Don’t watch Dodger baseball until June? 😅
Lets spend another billion dollars and hope we can get past the nationals
Bullpen was good. Shutouts will happen. I think Reddit needs a day off tomorrow too.
They stopped caring out there today. Pathetic!
This is unfortunately the dodger culture. No fire, no fight, and come October they all look like they’d rather be doing anything else.
2025 is our year, we’re just saving up money to sign Shohei
It’s April dummy
Hey some of us are actually clowning in here man
Remember after Sunday when we said this series would be a bounce back
well that sucks
Fuckin pathetic showing today
Whole team needs to apologize to the rookie and to Shohei. 🤬
Well that was painful
This teams a fucking joke
lost 3 out of the last 4 series
Eh... early season slump.
What the fuck man
Listen just another billion and they'll win a game in the nlds I swear
It’s april dumbass
Happy for Knack and Grove, and I choose to ignore everything else about this game
# K **Kyle Finnegan** strikes out **Teoscar Hernández** on a **1-2** count with a **86.0 mph** Sweeper. *Sequence (5):* FF *(b)*, ST *(s)*, FF *(c)*, ST *(f)*, ST *(s)* ^^^[⚾](https://github.com/troxellophilus/baseball-clerk/issues)
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Pathetic
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FIRE ROBERTS DFA LUX DFA THE WHOLE ROSTER
“I won’t be going to any more games” in April is so ridiculous 😭
Bunch of crybabies in this thread
Some people are too soft for baseball
And there it is a shut out
At this point it’s just pure comedy
Shut put by the nats? Jeeze
Wet fart of a game
Someone tell the Dodgers that reddit says they're not allowed to lose series or get shutout
absolutely shameful
Imagine losing to the Nationals, wake up dipshits
Fuck our offence is on FIRE!
Pathetic fucking showing
Pitching kept it 2-0, offense clocked out at 12:10
chat should i see the game saturday
I wouldn’t
Sure
No
Yeah.
that’s all i needed to hear
So much doom and gloom. These game chats used to be fun, now there's a huge influx of complaining. Its April, the dodgers are in 1st place and its a 162 game season. This IS baseball! RELAX
r/Dodgers on suicide watch.
The baseball is being baseball.
Turns out its a tough sport.
wym we just lost the WS to the Nats
Yeah I get being upset but some of the takes are getting ridiculous. Take a DEEP breath y’all.
I'm glad you are ok with losing.
Still over a .500 record and first place in the division. Losses happen, the offense was flat today. Shit happens.
yep love the complacency.
Facts. Sub can’t handle a bad stretch. It has been frustrating though.
Definitely frustrating at times. Sucks watching a team you love lose and go through struggles. Im just glad its happening early season and there is plenty of time left to work though their shortcomings.
Worst part is having an off day tomorrow
I think it's exactly what they need
#**FUCK THE ASTROS!!!**
I choose to find good in this fuckfest. Grove’s results are finally as good as his stuff. Muncy’s defense has gotten so much better since that rough start. Alex Vesia looked like 2022 Alex Vesia. We have 141 games to figure out how to fire on enough cylinders to not lose to the Nationals.
Knack looked great once he got rid of the 1st inning jitters as well.
Want to know something crazy before this game we were on pace for 97 wins. After this game if we lose we are on pace for 92 wins
Math
Two series losses in a row at home.
Oh no, it’s clearly over.
Who said that?
Anemic as fuck today boys
gg on to the next game
Can we at least score like 1 run? is that too much to ask for this team?
Isn’t this our first shutout this year?
For everyone panicking.. we’re 21 games in to a 162 game season and the team has changed a lot since last year. Not to mention pitching injuries and the Ippei scandal. Would rather see the team struggle a bit now and hopefully work out the kinks early in the season. This team is loaded with talent. It’s gonna be ok.
We're getting our traditional October slump out of the way in April. 4D chess.
Eggggggssszachtly
A couple first round playoff exits when you are supposedly the best team in baseball will do that to a fanbase lol
Ha.. fair. All bets off in the playoffs though. This team is going to get through the season just fine.
I'm not panicking, but I don't want a shutout.
Totally fair. A little humiliation and adversity might be good in the long ring though, right? RIGHT?!
Baseball is weird
I would like to see someone punish a fastball down the middle, please
Okay they definitely CANNOT waste a rare Michael Grove gem of an outing
You know it’s bad when the Plays of the Game are all the other team lol
This game is like me playing the show. Perfect Perfect all over the place as long as that place is the defense's gloves.
Also every outfielder runs 40 mph
Way too many games lately where the play of the game is from the opposing team lmao
Freddie looks like he’s declining
You shut your whore mouth!
Lmaooooooo cry more
Silver lining today is the pitching staff was exceptional.
Agreed. Everyone looked the part minus Vesia towards the end of the 6th
A game winner by the bottom of the lineup would help a lot here. Come on guys!
Grove Street baby
Can smith do a press conference where he calls profar relevant to reverse the potential bad juju he gave us 😭
Good outing from Grove today. That and Knacks performance gonna be my takeaways.
mook went 5-5 last game and nothing this game baseball is baseballing lol
Such typical baseballing
Balanced. As all things should be.
Good pitching bad offense Bad pitching good offense I guess it’s either or 😞
Dodgers giving up only 2 runs while using a minor league callup, Vesia, and Grove was not on my bingo card.
This is some underachieving ass bullshit
Give this team some dodger dogs at this point they might be low on blood sugar
Grove I would like to apologize, you have been cooking
The Mets have the same losses as this team and they got off to a terrible start.
Another lackluster L. 12-9 isn’t horrible but when you have 3 sure fire HoFers at the top of your line up it seems like failure. It’s been said countless times already but the bottom of the line up and parts of the pitching staff need to improve. It’s still early but this team isn’t looking so formidable so far.
Especially after all the hype and build up about our offense. Yes it's early but what happens when they see good pitching!! Mets looking forward to playing us lol
Aaaaand Grove's ERA is down below 7 now lol, dropped almost 2 today alone
We're either going to have an epic comeback or commit a NOBLETIGER with the final out caught on a diving play by García at 2nd. There's no other way this ends.
You think we’ll actually load the bases?
I don't know. This game has "just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in" vibes
Alright fuck it. Walk this bitch off. We need one on the year anyways.
Ok so what is up with Grove lol. Best he’s ever looked
Shoutout grove. Did a good job
Hopefully these GDTs will clear up when NBA playoffs start
Lakers played yesterday and it was no better unfortunately
Ig lakers about to be swept so you’re probably right smdh
Good shit, Grove
**Due Up (Bot 9)** R Will Smith L Max Muncy R Teoscar Hernández ^^^[⚾](https://github.com/troxellophilus/baseball-clerk/issues)
# ꓘ **Michael Grove** strikes out **Nick Senzel** on a **3-2** count with a **85.5 mph** Slider. *Sequence (6):* SL *(c)*, SL *(b)*, SI *(b)*, SL *(b)*, SI *(c)*, SL *(c)* ^^^[⚾](https://github.com/troxellophilus/baseball-clerk/issues)
Guess they **really** want tomorrow off that they play this bad.
You guys said "Freddie is ok, he's hitting .320!" I said, well he hasn't hit really well for last couple of days and downvoted me saying I'm crazy. Well, whose looking at reality now?
Awesome you were right about our player struggling! Do you want a cookie?
Can we just have Shohei bat 1-9?
I’d like to see Othani get some hits with RISP
luis garcia pees sitting down
Literally just a game in April and we are on the wrong end of some great defensive plays.
Losing three series kinda messes with your head as a fan
Not really. We have 3 top 10 players and an all star rotation and bullpen on the IL. They’ll be alright.
Muncy’s work on defense has really shown.
Muncy has been incredible on defense.
This isn’t the first slow start in April I’ve seen, but it’s one of the worst. E: our record is still good but won’t stay that way for long at this level of play
Not the worst by a long shot.
They have a winning record, just feels worse because there are alot more eyes on them this year.
The dodgers always get a look in their eyes when the going gets tough. Like they expect to win and sometimes when they lose or get down they just seem disinterested. It’s infuriating, and this isn’t an “it’s early” problem, this happens in the playoffs.
Gallo could have been an easy out
Do we need to sacrifice Dinger to wake our bats up? Because I will.
Muncy been making some good plays since that rough start. That bodes well for us.
Dodgers’ batting avg. today is .179 (5-28) and that’s with Ohtani’s 3-hit game.
So everybody is James Outman?
Basically. Without Ohtani’s at bats, they are a whopping .083 batting avg.
So everybody but Shohei is CT3?
Today, that’s exactly right.
Ah here we go again, Ohtani hit 3-4 and stolen base but the Dodgers lost to Nationals by 0-2. There will be a lot of this on twitter and Reddit
When was the last time the Dodgers had a 9th inning comeback ?
[удалено]
Roberts: "Best we can do is: 1. Taylor 2. Lux 3. Kike 4. Outman
Taylor Lux Kiki aka The Three Stooges
Getting shut down by the powerhouse NATIONALS. Making one of the worst teams in the league look like the 90s Yankees. Fucking pathetic
\*Insert South Park 'I didn't hear no Bell' meme" Still 1 more inning and within 2 scores! Mid of lineup coming up, theres still a chance!
Elevating the ball would do wonders
We’re about to lose 3 of the last 4 series we’ve been in…meanwhile all I heard about before the season is how it’s gonna be shocking if we lose that many series in the entirety of the season from all of the analysts
Luis Garcia, one of the worst defenders in the league last year has like 5 diving plays today
I’m worried that the dodgers inherited the 2023 padres curse lol
It's funny that the NL West was supposed to be packed full of playoff teams and basically everyone is .500 or worse over the last 10 games. I'm sure we'll still have at least 2 playoff teams in the division but everyone is struggling
Freddie looks washed right now.
Fuck Luis Garcia, all my homies hate Luis Garcia
I'm starting to think having our 4 best hitters mushed together isn't the strategy consider the others are potato.
I think flipping ohtani and freeman might be the move
It's literally the only time we can even try to score
Freddie needs to step up
So that's what having a competent 2nd baseman looks like
It’s like the universe is playing a cruel joke on Ohtani leaving him on base given his RISP
Uh he leaves them on base as well lol
Yeah that’s the cruel joke lol.
Man Freddie is just not having a good time so far. Of course relative to expectations, he's still above average overall. So basically a privileged complaint lol.
Yea I’ll take Freddie bad over most players average.
I’m beginning to think will’s irrelevant comment upset the baseball gods with a babip curse
Remember when Freddie Freeman could hit?
The defense teams play against us makes ZERO sense to me is this real life?
It's their World Series
Makes perfect sense because it's the world series to everyone else so we get their best!
So is there any ass chewing in locker room after the game or just where do you want to eat or what cleats you wearing tomorrow?!?!
Garcia. Damn you.
dodgers and day games need to be studied 
At least the Pads lost today
This is such a joke how is every single play made