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Dave Roberts Baffled By Angels' Blowout Bunt Attempt, But Play Helps Dodgers Snap Losing Skid In Wild Game 

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The Los Angeles Dodgers snapped a three-game losing streak on Saturday night, overcoming the Los Angeles Angels in what end up being an exciting challenge. The Dodgers may have won by a 14-11 last, however that score clouds that the Dodgers initially marked out a 13-0 lead. Also, it dominates that Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts and beginning pitcher Clayton Kershaw straightforwardly laughed at the Angels for a fifth-inning hit, a choice that may have kept the Angels from finishing their improbable rebound. 

To lay everything out: the Angels were somewhere around 13 in the fifth inning when right defender Taylor Ward went to the plate with a sprinter on first and one out in the edge. Ward push-hit the main pitch he saw to the correct side of the infield. First baseman Max Muncy, the lone defender situated on that side in light of the overshift, corralled the ball effectively and tossed to a respectable halfway point for the power out. The Dodgers, as far as it matters for them, were not exactly entertained by Ward's effort to beat the shift. 

As SB Nation's Eric Stephen brought up, Kershaw could be seen on the transmission motioning to the scoreboard while telling his hole "That is so idiotic." The transmission at that point slice to Roberts, who additionally seemed to differ with the hit call, but in wording that were more diligently to make out through lip perusing. Roberts later affirmed as much in his post-game presser, saying, "It's simply not a decent baseball play, regardless of how you might look at it," again as per Stephen.  메이저사이트

Clearly Ward's hit didn't do the Angels much good - he would be abandoned at a respectable starting point after the following hitter, Jose Rojas, jumped out to shortstop - yet it's uncommon to see a rival so energized over what they consider to be a problematic strategic choice. All things considered, the Dodgers should've been excited that Ward made a fast, simple out that kept the victory moving. 

That liberating sensation ought to have been increased by how the remainder of the game worked out. The Angels scored four in the 6th inning, at that point attached another seven in the seventh after a handling blunder by second baseman Austin Barnes. The Angels' rebound endeavor at last missed the mark, with their bats going discreetly in the eighth and ninth innings, however it is extremely unlikely of knowing how the remainder of the game would have worked out if Ward had quite recently swung away all things considered. 

Maybe the Dodgers were essentially utilizing Saturday night to let out whatever disappointment they had gathered during their new pallet, and Ward's hit was only a helpful vehicle. Ruler realizes that is desirable over the option of policing some silly unwritten guideline or another.