Dodgers only lost because of an unlikely grand slam versus Arizona

For the Dodgers, sometimes losing is just in the cards for them.

It didn’t look likely, but the Arizona Diamondbacks came back to take down the Los Angeles Dodgers. LA hasn’t lost many games this season when scoring first or having the lead at any point, but it happened on Tuesday night.

Up by a run, Jake Lamb came to the plate with the bases loaded. Los Angeles got a 1-2 count in their favor before Lamb sent the baseball far and deep; just enough to ring off one of the foul poles in the outfield.

After having the best 50 game stretch in over a century, the Dodgers came back to Earth after the loss to the Diamondbacks. Since starting off rather competitive, the Diamondbacks have lost a lot of ground in the NL West.

Their best bet for making the playoffs comes as a potential wild card team, but that’s up for grabs as both Milwaukee and Colorado are digging deep for the same thing.

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At the end of the game, there was one statistic that showed just how unlikely it would be that Lamb was going to deliver, let alone on a grand slam. Lamb’s bomb was the only time throughout the whole game that Arizona had a hit with runners in scoring position.

Unfortunately for the Dodgers, it was the only hit that changed the game. It’s not something that they’ll hang their heads on, though.

We’ve gotten so used to the Dodgers winning or coming back late in games that to see them fall to the Diamondbacks was very surprising. To that end, though, baseball is a game where sometimes it’s just not your night.

Los Angeles can easily bounce back against Arizona, and this by no means questions the legitimacy of the team as a whole as we get closer to October. Obviously, one small slip up can cost any team a game.

The Dodgers know that the better they get and the more wins they put up, the more pressure there is on them to not come home without a pennant. Games like this one make you wonder, could the Dodgers run into the worst stroke of luck in the playoffs and miss out on a golden opportunity?

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