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Dodgers NLDS: Glaring Problem For Dodgers Is Not Being Able To Put Points On The Board

The Dodgers need to figure out a way to score some points in order to advance in the postseason
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Dodgers NLDS: Glaring Problem For Dodgers Is Not Being Able To Put Points On The Board
Dodgers NLDS: Glaring Problem For Dodgers Is Not Being Able To Put Points On The Board

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The Dodgers ended the regular season with the best run differential in the MLB and scored 40 more runs than the next best team (Yankees). Coming into the postseason the last thing you were worried about for the Dodgers is scoring points, but of course all records fly out the window when you reach October baseball and the Dodgers have truly entered unfamiliar territory.

Despite being 1-1 in the NLDS, the Dodgers have scored eight runs in two games. Respectable number of runs to win ball games, but the problem becomes the Dodgers not scoring when they are in line to put up big points. 

When the Dodgers have runners in scoring positions, they have gone an abysmal 3-16 in the last two games and have left 16 players on base. That's a lot of points. 

To make things more worrisome, the Dodgers seem to have been boom or bust as four of the runs they have scored have come off of home runs.

It's not quite time to sound the alarms yet, but this type of baseball surely isn't sustainable especially during the postseason. The Dodgers need to have more consistency and strike when the moment arises.

To keep a team like the Padres alive spells trouble for the Dodgers in a postseason that won't get any easier. There's faith that the Dodgers will find a way to turn the series around, but maybe the pressure of the expectations and accolades surmounted with the injuries all season long is finally starting to take its toll. 

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RYAN MENZIE

Ryan Menzie | Lead Contributor Ryan is an LA Native who has grown up praising the greatest athletes LA has had to offer. A love for sports ranging between basketball, football, volleyball and golf, a future Sports Management Masters graduate, and being engulfed into organized sports since seven years old, the passion and love for sports never ends for Ryan. If the words he writes don't paint the full picture of his true fandom, he will find more ways than one to tell the story and be more than willing to open up a nice LA sports debate with you. Favorite Player: Mookie Betts Favorite Moment: 2020 World Series. The Lakers won the NBA title and the Dodgers secured the World Series only a couple of months later. During such a rough time with COVID-19 and such a bleak look at how sports has tried to overcome the circumstances, it was a relief to see the night sky lit up for many nights and a makeshift parade in LA when it seemed like we needed it the most.

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