Emmet Sheehan's Struggles Overshadow Mookie Betts' Two Homers In Dodgers' Loss

PHILADELPHIA — Dodgers right-hander Emmet Sheehan backpedaled down nan mound, watching nan shot alert conscionable complete nan left-field wall.

His commencement Monday, overmuch for illustration his season, had its ups and downs. But conscionable erstwhile it seemed for illustration he’d recovered a groove, he gave up a momentum-swinging solo location tally to Phillies outfielder Brandon Marsh successful nan sixth inning of a crippled nan Dodgers would spell connected to suffer 10-7.

It was Sheehan’s first commencement since nan All-Star break, pushed backmost because of a rainout Saturday successful New York.

He gave up six runs successful 5⅓ innings, raising concerns erstwhile again complete his consistency. While nan Dodgers (63-38) upwind nan nonaccomplishment of Shohei Ohtani from nan rotation, they request steadiness from nan remainder of their starters.

One bad inning from Sheehan pushed nan crippled into nan Phillies’ favor. With 1 retired successful nan second, he gave up 3 consecutive hits, a sacrifice alert and a two-run homer to put nan Dodgers down 4-0.

Sheehan adjusted, navigating nan adjacent 3 innings efficiently without giving up a run.

It was clear he didn’t person his champion stuff. Sheehan’s velocity steadily dropped, pinch his fastball averaging 94.7 mph successful nan first inning and 92.7 successful nan fifth. But he gave nan discourtesy clip to spot distant astatine nan Phillies’ lead.

The Dodgers scored a tally successful nan 4th erstwhile Mookie Betts scored from 3rd aft Teoscar Hernández deed into a double play. They scored 2 much successful nan sixth, pinch Max Muncy’s RBI double ending Cristopher Sanchez’s commencement astatine 99 pitches.

The tide really began to move pinch 2 outs and nan bases loaded later successful nan sixth. Andy Pages chopped a slow-bouncing grounder up nan middle, and Phillies shortstop Trea Turner charged. The shot deed disconnected nan bottommost of his glove, and different tally scored.

Mookie Betts celebrates aft hitting a location tally for nan Dodgers successful nan seventh inning Monday.

(Chris Szagola / Associated Press)

Boos poured down moreover arsenic Turner was chasing aft nan ball. It didn’t matter that he’d deed nan two-run homer successful nan 2nd inning; Phillies fans were going to make it clear really upset they were astir his 2nd protect correction of nan night.

The Dodgers, however, didn’t thrust nan momentum for long.

Three pitches into nan bottommost of nan sixth, Sheehan fluted a fastball to Marsh. And he deed it out. A double to halfway — which bounced disconnected Pages’ mitt — and a strikeout later, Sheehan handed complete nan ball.

Alex Vesia past surrendered a three-run homer to Turner, who won backmost nan Philadelphia fans (until different botched grounder successful nan ninth), earlier getting retired of nan inning.

From there, nan crippled became a slug fest. Betts, who went four-for-five, deed 2 location runs — a solo changeable successful nan seventh and a two-run blast successful nan ninth.

The Phillies (56-45) deed 2 homers disconnected Landon Knack to decorativeness pinch five.

Unclear erstwhile Ohtani will pitch

Ohtani will apt propulsion disconnected a mound precocious successful nan week, Dodgers head Dave Roberts said Monday. But it is still unclear erstwhile his adjacent pitching commencement will be. Ohtani has continued to play arsenic nan Dodgers’ designated hitter.

Ohtani, who has missed his past 2 starts and received an orthovisc injection to negociate lingering discomfort successful his near knee, has continued to propulsion connected level ground. He again played drawback successful near section astatine Citizens Bank Park connected Monday.

Dodgers make trade

The Dodgers added bullpen extent pinch upside, acquiring right-hander Seth Halvorsen from nan Rockies. To complete nan trade, they sent 2 minor-leaguers — right-handed pitcher Nick Frasso, who has a 4.74 ERA successful triple-A, and outfielder Landyn Vidourek, a 2025 third-round prime — to nan Rockies.

Halvorsen, coming disconnected nan injured database pinch correct enarthrosis inflammation, is group to subordinate triple-A Oklahoma City. He throws a 100-mph fastball but hasn’t recovered a measurement to power it.

“Hopefully we tin unlock immoderate levers,” Roberts said. “But nan limb talent’s there. Our guys are really excited astir him.”