Emmet Sheehan Struggles In The Haze In Dodgers First Consecutive Loss Since May

An eye-watering, cough-inducing heavy stench of burning integrative permeated Dodger Stadium connected Sunday morning. The fume from nan Boyle Heights storage occurrence had dispersed into each crevice and area of nan facility, inescapable contempt nan masks handed retired to staff.

“It’s a small acheronian retired there, small Gotham City erstwhile I was driving up,” Dodgers head Dave Roberts said.

Major League Baseball approved nan Father’s Day crippled to beryllium played, according to Roberts. Still, nan ominous ambiance was difficult to miss. When rolling up Vin Scully Avenue, a achromatic fume hung for illustration a curtain down nan mini hills connected nan different broadside of outfield walls, obscuring nan usually scenic position of nan San Gabriel Mountains.

Perhaps that should’ve been nan first motion things wouldn’t spell arsenic planned for nan Dodgers, who mislaid 12-1 to nan Orioles. The nonaccomplishment marked nan first clip nan Dodgers (49-29) person mislaid consecutive games since May 12.

“It’s everyplace successful baseball, to beryllium rather honest, but my interest is our team,” Roberts said of nan Dodgers’ caller performances. “I don’t cognize nan answer. It happens sporadically pinch each teams.”

By nan clip Emmet Sheehan took nan mound, nan smell had diluted, and nan sunshine collapsed done nan haze. The 26-year-old hasn’t won successful much than a month, contempt what astatine nan clip appeared to beryllium a bounce-back capacity against nan Chicago White Sox past week. Sheehan lasted 3 1/3 innings against Baltimore, nary peculiarly worse than nan first.

Sheehan (3-5) loaded nan bases, and Orioles catcher Samuel Basallo put Baltimore (37-42) connected nan scoreboard pinch a softly deed shot that divided first baseman Freddie Freeman and correct fielder Kyle Tucker. A two-out azygous by Colton Cowser put nan Orioles up by two. With nan bases loaded, Sheehan worked retired of problem pinch 2 strikeouts and a popular out. But nan inning costs him 4 hits and astir 30 pitches.

“We conscionable sewage to person a amended attack aliases scheme pinch respect to nan crippled situation,” Roberts said earlier nan game. “Go retired location and conduct, bully and bad, not ever gonna get nan results, but I conscionable deliberation that we’re conscionable missing astatine times nan furniture of nan correct attack successful that peculiar situation.”

Sheehan struggled nan astir pinch his slider. Normally, nan transportation elicits astir a 43% pursuit rate, though against Baltimore it plummeted to 18%. The nose-dive, chiefly caused by his inability to propulsion nan slider successful nan zone, made his different pitches look little competitive, and nan Orioles started connecting pinch his fastball. He gave up 2 location runs connected nan transportation to Taylor Ward successful nan 2nd and Cowser successful nan third.

Meanwhile, Max Muncy drove successful the Dodgers’ only tally successful nan first pinch a statement thrust to near field. Shohei Ohtani, who had reached first connected a locomotion and took 2nd connected Freddie Freeman’s single, slid location arsenic nan propulsion came in. However, nan shot bounced disconnected Basallo’s cogwheel and ricocheted distant from nan plate.

The Orioles scored runs successful 4 consecutive innings earlier Edgardo Henriquez threw a 1-2-3 inning successful nan fifth. The squad tacked connected 4 runs successful nan seventh, when, pinch a man on, nan Dodgers ereliever Jonathan Hernández intentionally walked Gunner Henderson, who had gone 2 for four. So, He past threw a belt-high sinker down nan mediate of nan sheet that Pete Alonso smashed into nan correct section bleachers for a three-run homer. Hernández could only watch nan shot soar, hunched over.

Blaze Alexander deed a two-run homer successful nan eighth. But position-player pitcher Miguel Rojas dealt a 1-2-3 ninth inning, 1 of nan team’s 3 innings it held nan Orioles scoreless. By then, nan skies had cleared capable for nan faint outline of nan San Gabriel Mountains to appear. The Dodgers, though, vanished nan crippled arsenic uncompetitive arsenic it had started.

Injury Updates

Catcher Will Smith will not recreation pinch nan squad this week arsenic nan squad takes connected nan Twins and nan Padres, Roberts said earlier nan game. Smith is expected to participate successful immoderate shot activities and will person a amended estimate of his return depending connected really he feels after.

Teoscar Hernández is slated to play successful a rehab duty Tuesday pinch nan triple-A Oklahoma City Comets earlier joining nan squad successful its last June bid against nan Athletics.

Reliever Blake Treinen, connected nan 15-day injured database pinch correct elbow inflammation, sewage immoderate bully news. The MRI did not show immoderate structural damage, only inflammation that Roberts attributed to nan deterioration and tear of nan season. “I don’t deliberation it’ll beryllium a agelong thing,” Roberts said. “Obviously, he’s connected nan IL, truthful it’s going to beryllium 2 weeks, but hopefully it’s not overmuch much beyond that.”