{"id":961168,"date":"2026-07-26T21:27:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T21:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/961168\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T21:27:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T21:27:23","slug":"dodgers-strong-road-trip-finishes-with-bullpen-meltdown-vs-mets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/961168\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers’ strong road trip finishes with bullpen meltdown vs. Mets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NEW YORK\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Dodgers<\/a> reliever Will Klein<\/a> had just induced the Mets\u2019 Marcus Semien<\/a> to whiff on a high fastball. So, he went there again, a little further inside. But Semien got a hold of it for a three-run home run that put the game thoroughly out of reach.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers ended an impressive road trip on a sour note with the 8-3 loss<\/a> to the New York Mets.<\/p>\n

They went 6-3 on their East Coast swing and won series against the New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies and Mets.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s great,\u201d manager Dave Roberts said Saturday night. \u201cIt seems like we\u2019ve been on the road a long time, but the travel has been nice as far as staying in this time zone. We\u2019re finding ways to win. So that\u2019s the main thing. That\u2019s the object of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Dodgers\u2019 All-Stars, as well as Roberts<\/a> and his coaching staff, left for Philadelphia two weeks ago. The rest of the team met them in New York for three games against the Yankees. Then they traveled to Philadelphia for a three-game set, took a detour to Washington to visit the White House before returning to New York.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a long road trip \u2014 especially for the guys who went to Philly for the All-Star Game,\u201d right fielder Kyle Tucker<\/a> said. \u201cBeing able to come out of the break and play some really good teams and put together really competitive at-bats and great innings from our pitching staff is huge. Some of the guys are kind of grinding in terms of how long they\u2019ve been away from L.A. It\u2019s kind of part of it. You\u2019ve got to come out and play regardless and they\u2019ve done a great job of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even so, the Dodgers (67-39) played cleaner baseball on this extended road trip \u2014 a couple baserunning mistakes aside \u2014 than they did in the homestand before the break.<\/p>\n

Maybe the Dodgers just needed time off to reset.<\/p>\n

Against the Mets (44-62) on Sunday, the first couple innings didn\u2019t look promising. After Shohei Ohtani led with a double and Max Muncy drew a two-out walk, both were left stranded.<\/p>\n

A.J. Ewing\u2019s lead-off double against Dodgers starter Emmet Sheehan, however, almost immediately led to a run. Francisco Lindor then sent a low changeup into shallow right field for an RBI single.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers\u2019 three-up, three-down second inning ended when Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez tried to stretch a single into a double and ran into an out. Then, Sheehan hit Tyrone Taylor with a pitch to start the bottom half of the inning.<\/p>\n

Sheehan retired the next three batters as the Dodgers started to take control. They pulled into the lead with a two-run third inning, powered by doubles from Eli\u00e9zer Alfonzo \u2014 his second double in as many appearances \u2014 and Freddie Freeman.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers manufactured another run the next inning with a pair of singles, an error by Mets first baseman Jared Young, and a run-scoring double play.<\/p>\n

As the Dodgers bullpen took over in the sixth, however, the game slipped away. Jack Dreyer walked two batters and recorded just one out in the sixth inning before Roberts replaced him with Evan Phillips.<\/p>\n

In a 1-1 count, Phillips threw a sinker on the inside edge of the strike zone, and Taylor lifted it into the left-field stands for a go-ahead three-run homer. Phillips, who last week talked about rewiring his rehab mindset, has already surrendered four home runs in just seven outings.<\/p>\n

A run-scoring passed ball from Dalton Rushing and Semien\u2019s three-run blast in the seventh ultimately sealed the win for the Mets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Dodgers reliever Will Klein had just induced the Mets\u2019 Marcus Semien to whiff on a high fastball.…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":961169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2442,27042,1910,3688,2961,35699,224,5337,87868,3378,3685,2228,2083,41225,10201,22801,386504,69662],"class_list":["post-961168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-dodgers","tag-evan-phillips","tag-game","tag-inning","tag-la","tag-long-time","tag-los-angeles","tag-losangeles","tag-manager-dave-roberts","tag-marcus-semien","tag-mets","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-rbi-single","tag-run","tag-sheehan","tag-strong-road-trip","tag-tyrone-taylor"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116988401836062982","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/961169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}