Dodgers fans lose their cool and Dodgers lose their edge in series-tying debacle
Two baseballs flew down toward the San Diego Padres’ Jurickson Profar from the left-field corner stands, the gutless moves of two cowards.
Numerous water bottles flew down toward the Padres’ Fernando Tatis Jr. from the right-field corner stands, the gutless moves of many cowards.
More than a game was lost Sunday night when the Padres equaled the National League Division Series at one game apiece with a 10-2 victory over the Dodgers.
An already tattered image was further damaged. A historically bad reputation was further stained. Anyone out there walking around town wearing a Dodgers jersey today should be embarrassed.
Dodgers need Mookie Betts to snap out of his years-long postseason slump
The scene in the locker room on Sunday night was reminiscent of this time last year.
Mookie Betts exhaled.
He stared down at the carpet and ran his hand over his cleanly shaven head.
“I don’t really know what to say, bro,” he said.
In the wake of a 10-2 defeat on Sunday night, the Dodgers are tied with the San Diego Padres in their National League Division Series at one game apiece.
Betts is hitless in six at-bats.
He said of his at-bats in the first two games of this best-of-five series, “They’re all outs, so all terrible.”
Freddie Freeman in the starting lineup for Game 3
Dodgers first baseman was penciled into the starting lineup for Tuesday’s Game 3 of the NLDS at Petco Park.
“It’s a go, as of now,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said before the game. “Unless I hear otherwise he’s going to be in there.”
Freeman, who was pulled from Sunday night’s game in the sixth inning because of right-ankle discomfort, received treatment on Monday and did not practice with the team on the field Monday night.
Roberts said Monday that he might rest Freeman in Game 4 if the Padres start left-hander Martin Perez.
Roberts added he has given no thought to taking Freeman off the NLDS roster, a move that would prevent Freeman from playing in the NL Championship Series if the Dodgers advance.
Also, MLB announced that right-hander Ben Casparius is taking right-hander Michael Grove’s place on the Dodgers NLDS roster as an injury replacement. Roberts said Tuesday that Grove has been dealing with right shoulder pain.
NLDS rewind: Jurickson Profar set tone for Padres in NLDS Game 2 win
The home run music started blaring through the Dodger Stadium speakers. Mookie Betts began rounding the bases and pointing toward the bullpen.
Just like the previous night, it appeared the Dodgers had erased an early deficit on the back of one of their superstar players.
Only then, however, did the 54,119 people at Chavez Ravine realize that Jurickson Profar had made a spectacular, tone-setting play instead.
If Shohei Ohtani’s score-tying homer in Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Saturday night energized the Dodgers in a comeback victory, then Profar’s first-inning robbery of Betts in Game 2 did the exact opposite — frustrating the Dodgers, and what later became an unruly crowd, in an emotionally charged 10-2 San Diego Padres win that evened the NLDS at one game a piece.
Fans were ejected, but no arrests were made during Game 2 at Dodger Stadium
Fans bounded onto the field, threw balls and water bottles at players and possibly took a few swings at one another at Dodger Stadium this weekend.
None of these antics, however, led to any arrests, according to police.
The Dodgers clinched a 7-5 win in their first game against the San Diego Padres on Saturday, but on Sunday they suffered a lopsided 10-2 defeat, tying the National League Division Series at one game apiece. The first team to win three games will advance to the National League Championship Series, while the other begins an extended vacation.
At least two fans were ejected from Saturday’s game after they made their way onto left field. Stadium security walked the men with their arms bound behind their backs as fans in the stands booed and jeered, according to video shared on social media.
‘Unsettling’: Dodgers manager Dave Roberts questions Manny Machado’s throw
SAN DIEGO — During Game 2 of the National League Division Series on Sunday night, San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado threw a ball toward the Dodgers dugout between innings that almost hit manager Dave Roberts.
Roberts told reporters Monday he didn’t notice the throw at the time but later saw a video of the incident, calling it “unsettling.”
“I don’t know his intent. I don’t want to speak for him,” Roberts said. “But I did see the video. And the ball was directed at me with something behind it.”
The sequence took place before the bottom of the sixth inning, after Dodgers starting pitcher Jack Flaherty struck out Machado the half-inning before and shouted expletives toward the Padres star on his way back to the dugout.
Dodgers vs. Padres: How to watch and betting odds for Game 3
The Dodgers continue the postseason Tuesday when they face the San Diego Padres in Game 3 of the National League Division Series at Petco Park in San Diego. The game is scheduled to start at 6:08 p.m. PDT and will air on FS1 and Fox Deportes. Radio broadcasts of the game will be on 570 AM and 1020 AM (Español) in the Los Angeles area.
Here are the betting odds for Game 3:
Here’s the TV schedule for the remaining games in the best-of-five series (all times Pacific):
Wednesday: Game 4 — Dodgers at San Diego, 6:08 p.m. | FS1
*Friday: Game 5 — San Diego at Dodgers | 5:08 p.m. | Fox
*—if necessary