Coors Field - Dodgers Downward Spiral Hits Five Games With 13 - 3 Loss To Rockies

DENVER Their franchise participant has gone out for any the least several weeks. Their lineup involves Andre Ethier and also a wrist band associated with journeymen as well as mid-level prospects. And their season-worst burning off ability arrived at five mmorpgs Friday evening that has a crushing 13-3 control towards Colorado Rockies from Coors Field .

How the particular Dodgers respond to this particular catastrophe may possibly specify his or her season.

"We should defeat it," expert second baseman Jerry Hairston Jr. said. "I feel many of us will. We've obtained a sturdy bunch."

At 32-20, they also have the finest record throughout baseball, still. But of which don't display Friday night. The Dodgers dedicated four errors, their own a lot of this particular season.

"It ended up being that sloppiest activity we've had," Manager Don Mattingly said.

And we were looking at since offensively impotent as they were within their earlier four losses, all into the Milwaukee Brewers .

Ethier seemed to be the one starter Friday whom was in your Dodgers' opening-day lineup. With Ethier batting next in place of the sidelined Matt Kemp , Hairston batted washing for the newbie around his or her 15 major league seasons.

Three from the Dodgers' starters started out their particular seasons with multiple A: finally baseman Ivan De Jesus, first baseman Scott Van Slyke plus left fielder Alex Castellanos .

The Dodgers grounded into a couple of 2 bottle plays, boosting their full around his or her final three mmorpgs to nine.

The Dodgers are trying to find reinforcements although might not get them any moment soon. General Manager Ned Colletti explained she has been phoning some other coaches and teams to the final four week period to help inquire in relation to likely trades. Kemp's damage might have greater the Dodgers' desire to increase an excellent hitter, nonetheless impressive a a great cope requires a lot more as compared to that.

"You nevertheless aren't able to develop a little something away from tiny air," Colletti said.

With two wild-card playoff locations for sale in each league, middling teams will be supposed to wait more previous to turning out to be sellers. Any company prepared to take creating a trade using a crew in require such as the Dodgers will probably ask for a higher return.

Ethier isn't really depending on any kind of outdoor help. "We're likely to need to care for it ourselves," your dog said.

Doing therefore will need these people to clean up their play.

Two putting problems from the subsequent inning one particular by means of De Jesus and yet another by means of catcher Matt Treanor ended in a pair of extends with the Rockies.

Castellanos drove from the first manage involving his occupation together with a fourth-inning three-way that will deliver this Dodgers that will within 2-1, but these people afforded back the actual work immediately.

Chris Capuano began underneath of the fourth inning by running Michael Cuddyer . Then Capuano had been slow to pay first foundation about Jordan Pacheco grounded suitable double perform plus the Rockies were up by two extends again, 3-1.

Hairston was charged along with a further fault in Colorado's four-run, four-hit sixth. The Dodgers trailed, 8-2.

After your game, Hairston spoken to disappointment while using schedule. The Dodgers played Thursday night in Los Angeles and did not get into their standart hotel rooms until all around your five a.m.

"In that day and age with this game, that can not happen," Hairston said. "It's unfortunate. I'm some agitated by simply that will proper now. Playing while in the major leagues will be hard sufficient because it is."

But your timetable won't let up. The Dodgers will rise cross-country in order to Philadelphia after the sequence at Coors Field proves Sunday. Four days and nights following that, they will travel in the united states again, to help Seattle.