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Los Angeles Dodgers head south to San Diego after series loss

By Jason Reed

LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 25: Clayton Kershaw #22 and Austin Barnes #15 of the Los Angeles Dodgers react on the mound after a solo home run by Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees in the third inning at Dodger Stadium on August 25, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Teams are wearing special color schemed uniforms with players choosing nicknames to display for Players' Weekend. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 25: Clayton Kershaw #22 and Austin Barnes #15 of the Los Angeles Dodgers react on the mound after a solo home run by Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees in the third inning at Dodger Stadium on August 25, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Teams are wearing special color schemed uniforms with players choosing nicknames to display for Players' Weekend. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images) /
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The Los Angeles Dodgers lost two out of three against the New York Yankees and now drive south for a three-game series at Petco Park.

The Los Angeles Dodgers were unable to get it done in the most anticipated regular-season series of the year and dropped two out of three to the New York Yankees. Que all of the doubtful Dodger fans and overconfident Yankee fans who think this will determine a World Series matchup that isn’t even a guarantee.

The main reason for the Dodgers’ poor performance in the series is that the offense completely fell flat. The team scored a total of five runs in the three games with the last two games only yielding runs off of home runs.

The offense looked much more like the 2018 Dodgers than the 2019 Dodgers, stranding runners in scoring position and not capitalizing on their chances. Meanwhile, the Yankees slugged home 15 combined runs in their two wins in the series.

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It does suck to see the Dodgers play like this in such a big series but it is not indicative of the postseason. Sure, they were cold this weekend, but that does not mean they are going to be cold in October as well.

The best way to shake off the sour feeling of the weekend series is to respond with a big offensive series in San Diego. The Padres host the Dodgers for three games at Petco Park with Dustin May getting the ball in game one on Monday.

Opposing May is the same pitcher that pitched in his MLB debut, Eric Lauer. Lauer is an average MLB southpaw that looks elite when he pitches against the Dodgers. Lauer is 4-0 in six career starts against the Dodgers with a 1.72 ERA.

The Dodgers are going to have to break this trend if they want to get off on the right foot after losing two of three and have a big offensive night. As part of our Los Angeles Dodgers Beat the Streak series, here is who we think can help break that trend.

Jason’s pick (Current streak: 2): Jedd Gyorko

It is hard to find a good matchup against Eric Lauer on the Los Angeles Dodgers because of the success that the southpaw has against the team. However, there is one name that stands out and that is because he has not been a part of the bad performances against Lauer.

That name is Jedd Gyorko, who has four hits, with a home run, in five career at-bats against Lauer. The only player that has more hits against Lauer on the Dodgers is Cody Bellinger, who has 13 career at-bats against him.

Gyorko has not really done much since returning with the Dodgers with two hits in 10 at-bats with both of those hits coming in his first start with the team.

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He has only one start since then, which came on Saturday. Because of his numbers against Lauer, he deserves the starting nod at first base today to give one of the regulars a day off.

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