"They were not eliminated from the World Series. If they play another defensive game like this one, they just might be. After a sluggish 6-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays in this year's Game 5, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was asked what disappointed him the most about the game. It could have been his team's disappearing offense. The Dodgers have scored three runs in their past two games, and they're batting .201 in the series. On Wednesday, the top four batters - Shohei Ohtani, Will Smith, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman - went a combined 1 for 15 with eight strikeouts."
"It could have been his team's bullpen, again. On a night Roberts chose not to use closer Roki Sasaki to try to hold the deficit at 3-1 in the seventh inning, Edgardo Henriquez and Anthony Banda exploded it to 6-1 within seven batters. Roberts had a different answer. "Just not playing a clean game," he said."
The Dodgers lost 6-1 to the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 5, with defensive mistakes contributing heavily to the defeat. A bad throw by Mookie Betts, a missed catch by Teoscar Hernández and wild pitches helped Toronto take a 3-2 series lead. Defensive errors were scattered across nine innings rather than clustered in one inning. The offense struggled, batting .201 in the series and producing only three runs in the last two games; the top four batters went 1-for-15 with eight strikeouts. The bullpen also faltered when relievers expanded a 3-1 deficit to 6-1. Manager Dave Roberts summed up the problem as not playing a clean game.
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