fenwaysouth posted:When I saw the re-play this AM of Rendon's HR in the eighth off Kershaw I thought that was just incredible hitting. The ball was way out of the zone, and frankly Rendon hit (golfed?) a bad pitch....I think he was initially fooled but was able to get the barrel down. The Soto HR was a really, really bad pitch that got spanked. Kershaw had no business going in there on Soto.
https://www.mlb.com/video/nati...-back-to-back-homers
While the Dodger pitchers will take the brunt of the blame, I think their offense failed them more than anything. They scored 3 runs in the first two innings then laid an egg for 8 innings. You can't do that in a winner take all situation. Sorry, their best players did not produce at the plate when needed. Buehler pitched very well, and frankly the Dodgers had their chances to extend their lead and didn't. That is the way I see it.
I tell my boys this everytime they blow a save or strike out to make the last out. Its never all on them. Baseball is a game of many moments of "what ifs" before they got to their particular situation. Lol it never helps in the moment of their despair but hopefully it helps them going forward.