hrough four games of the 2025 World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ offense has been searching for consistency and Game 4 made that struggle painfully clear.
The Dodgers fell 6-2 to the Toronto Blue Jays at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night, evening the series at 2-2 as it heads back toward Toronto.
As Dodgers Insider noted, manager Dave Roberts didn’t mince words about the team’s poor offensive showing:
“We haven’t found our rhythm,” Roberts said postgame.
Roberts said he’s weighing possible lineup adjustments for Game 5 in hopes of sparking the offense. “I’m looking at everything right now,” he added.
“We’ve got too many good hitters in that room not to break through soon. I still believe in every one of those guys.”
Mookie Betts shared a similar sentiment, noting the team’s frustration but emphasizing patience. “Obviously, we’d love to score 10 runs every game, but that’s not the case,” Betts said.
“We’d love to get going offensively. We just have to play and see what happens.”
Game 4 Struggles
The Dodgers managed just six hits all night, with Freddie Freeman accounting for two of them. As a team, they went 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position and stranded seven runners on base.
Mookie Betts continues to struggle as he is now 3-19 in the World Series thus far.
Andy Pages, a guy who hit .272 during the regular season, is now 4-50 during the playoffs and has pretty much been an automatic out every time he steps up to the plate.
The worst part about Pages’ struggles is that he is always hitting one batter before Shohei Ohtani, therefore, Ohtani is almost always coming up to bat with nobody on base.
After carrying the Dodgers last night in Game 3, Ohtani was 0-3 tonight with two strike outs. That is going to happen from time to time but other guys have to step up.
Shane Bieber outdueled Ohtani on the mound, pitching 5 ⅓ innings and only allowing one run and four hits.
It was so important for Bieber to go deep into this game as the Blue Jays bullpen was depleted from last night.
But the Dodgers were unable to run up his pitch count and get him out of the game until the sixth inning.
Max Muncy pointed to Toronto’s execution as the difference. “
They’re executing really well right now,” Muncy said. “We’re not taking advantage of the few mistakes they’ve been making. Anytime a pitcher executes, it makes it a tough day.”
Dodgers Look to Regroup Ahead of Game 5
With the World Series now tied 2-2, the Dodgers face a pivotal Game 5 before heading back to Toronto.
Blake Snell will take the mound in a rematch against rookie Trey Yesavage, who limited LA to two runs in four innings in Game 1.
“My hope is we regroup tomorrow, gather the information that we had from Yesavage, and keep him in the hitting zone,” Roberts said.
“When we get the fastball, really get on it. We’ve got to stay within ourselves and play our brand of baseball.”
With their title defense on the line, Roberts’ message is clear: it’s time for his team to rediscover their offensive approach that has made them who they are all season long.
With Blake Snell on the mound and the home crowd behind them, the pressure now sits squarely on the lineup to respond in a PIVOTAL Game 5.
In best-of-seven MLB history, when a series is tied 2-2, the team that wins Game 5 goes on to win the series about 67-70 percent of the time.
In the World Series, the Game 5 winner has won the title in 31 of 46 matchups that reached that point.
Game 5 will be tomorrow night at Dodger Stadium at 5 P.M. PST.
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