Their dream of becoming the first team to win three consecutive World Series titles since the New York Yankees from 1998-2000 — and the first National League club ever to accomplish the feat — faded with anemic offense, a shaky bullpen and an ailing Shohei Ohtani slumping in the postseason.
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dream → become → postseason
Ohtani hit a three-run homer that helped stake the Dodgers to an early 4-0 lead in Game 4 of the NL Championship Series on Thursday, but the younger Milwaukee Brewers pulled off yet another comeback in a 6-4 win to complete a four-game sweep.
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Brewers → hit → sweep
“I’m not used to those consolation speeches,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.
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Roberts → ’m → speeches
“I personally told our guys that there’s no apologies, there’s no sorrys.
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I → tell → guys
We gave it everything we had, and it wasn’t good enough.
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it → give → everything
That’s part of life.”
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That → ’ → life
The Dodgers hit under .100 with runners in scoring position during the postseason.
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Dodgers → hit → postseason
They wasted multiple opportunities over the final four innings.
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They → waste → innings
Trailing 5-4 in the sixth, the Dodgers had a runner in scoring position, as well as in the seventh and eighth.
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Dodgers → trail → seventh
But Max Muncy struck out to end the sixth, Mookie Betts grounded out to end the seventh and Teoscar Hernández struck out to close the eighth.
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Hernández → strike → eighth
The Dodgers went down in order in the ninth to end their season.
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Dodgers → go → season
“We got outplayed in all facets,” Roberts said.
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Roberts → outplay → facets
“Those guys played flawless.
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guys → play → ?
Defensively they pitched better than we did, they hit better than we did, they slugged more than we did.
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we → pitch → ?
You’ve got to sometimes just tip your cap.”
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You → get → cap
Ohtani and Will Smith slumped badly throughout the Division Series win over Atlanta in four games and the NLCS defeat.
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Ohtani → slump → games
Overall, he batted .192 (5 for 26) in eight playoff games with 10 strikeouts, four walks, three RBIs and three runs.
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he → bat → strikeouts
The All-Star catcher went 3 for 31 (.097) with nine strikeouts, two doubles, no homers, one walk and two RBIs.
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catcher → go → strikeouts
“I know there wasn’t one pitch, one at-bat,” said first baseman Freddie Freeman, who was 0 for 3 with a strikeout on Thursday.
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who → know → Thursday
“They just outplayed us in the series, which is kind of how it goes.
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it → outplay → series
We had our opportunities.
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We → have → opportunities
We didn’t get the job done.”
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job → get → ?
Dodgers starter Tyler Glasnow retired his first 10 batters — six on strikeouts — while working with a 4-0 lead.
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Glasnow → retire → lead
But the right-hander was tagged by Jake Bauer’s two-run double in the fourth and David Hamilton’s RBI single that chased Glasnow in the fifth and left Milwaukee trailing 4-3.
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that → tag → Milwaukee
Alex Vesia followed reliever Evan Phillips and issued a bases-loaded walk to Bauers, the NLCS MVP, that forced in the tying run in the same inning, when the Dodgers issued four walks and the Brewers stole two bases.
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Brewers → follow → bases
Tanner Scott allowed a two-strike homer to Garrett Mitchell leading off the sixth as Milwaukee went ahead 5-4.
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Milwaukee → allow → sixth
In the ninth, Edwin Díaz got two quick outs before Hamilton, the No. 9 hitter, homered for a 6-4 lead.
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Hamilton → get → lead
“Every facet of the game, if you kind of unpack it, we were bested,” Roberts said.
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Roberts → unpack → it
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