Dodgers struggling to hit .. make changes for Game 5

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Momentum is the next day’s pitcher, so Dodgers have the momentum in Blake Snell.

Well , that is debatable. Snell in Game 1 had a rough outing .. allowed 5 runs , 8 hits in 5 innings with 4 SO and 3 BB.
No doubt Snell is very good pitcher but based on his Game 1 , it's not like Blue Jays will be intimidated by him .

If I recall, Snell had trouble locating his fastball in game 1, so Toronto was sitting on his breaking pitches. If he corrects that he could be lights out again.

Likewise, the Dodgers will be seeing the inexperienced Yesavage for a second time. The young man will be pitching in the huge Dodger Stadium, that would have to be intimidating.

Predicting the Series goes back to Toronto with the Dodgers up 3 games to 2.

As I predicted, that Yesavage kid is for real!

Not that I'm complaining about taking JJ, but I'd had some outside hope that we'd pick Yesavage last year.

From Single A to WS hero. Not bad.

[bccardsfan]

Momentum is the next day’s pitcher, so Dodgers have the momentum in Blake Snell.

Well , that is debatable. Snell in Game 1 had a rough outing .. allowed 5 runs , 8 hits in 5 innings with 4 SO and 3 BB.
No doubt Snell is very good pitcher but based on his Game 1 , it's not like Blue Jays will be intimidated by him .

If I recall, Snell had trouble locating his fastball in game 1, so Toronto was sitting on his breaking pitches. If he corrects that he could be lights out again.

Likewise, the Dodgers will be seeing the inexperienced Yesavage for a second time. The young man will be pitching in the huge Dodger Stadium, that would have to be intimidating.

Predicting the Series goes back to Toronto with the Dodgers up 3 games to 2.

As I predicted, that Yesavage kid is for real!

Not that I'm complaining about taking JJ, but I'd had some outside hope that we'd pick Yesavage last year.

From Single A to WS hero. Not bad.

Amen, kid was lights out. Also, Kirk is a finalist for GG at C and you can see why. Called a great game, blocks everything, good arm, and went out there and settled the kid down the only time he was struggling. Great game. Yamamoto on Friday vs the Jays at home. Will be interesting!

[Alex Reyes Cy Young]

Hoping dodgers win the next game only to lose game 7.

[CCard]

CF Andy Pages not in lineup tonight . He is 1-15. .067 on WS
He is not the only Dodger struggling at the plate.
With exception of Ohtani, the rest of Dodgers lineup is batting below the Mendoza line.. a whopping .194
MLB Now is covering the story this afternoon.
Mookie Betts is hitting .158. 3-19
Cardinal fan favorite Tommy Edman who has made several gems in the field is struggling too with a 3-18 .167 BA.
Kiki Hernandez us nig much better 3-16 a .188
Last night Dodgers had just 5 hits.
Besides Pages sitting ( 1st time this postseason) , the Dodgers are sacrificing some defense by hoping for more offense .
Dave Roberts had moved C Will Smith to 2nd spot in lineup dropping Mookie to 3rd to try to get some traffic on bases.

Will see if the moves work tonight.
BTW in case you are wondering Ohtani is hitting .400

The question is how much of it is the Dodgers malaise and how much is attributable to the Jays pitching.