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The Los Angeles Dodgers drop their fourth straight game as frustration grows. Mookie Betts, Dave Roberts react after the 9-5 loss to Arizona.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The\u00a0Los Angeles Dodgers are officially in a slump. Monday night\u2019s 9-5 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks marked their fourth straight defeat, a concerning skid for a team expected to dominate the National League. Amid rising pressure, both\u00a0Mookie Betts\u00a0and\u00a0Dave Roberts spoke out about the team’s struggles.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers\u2019 losing streak began with a shocking sweep by the last-place AL West Los Angeles Angels and continued as Arizona teed off early at Chavez Ravine Monday. L.A. fell behind 7-0 by the third inning and couldn’t recover, despite home runs from Betts and Shohei Ohtani. Fans booed as the game slipped away, a rare scene in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Roberts, speaking to Jack Harris of the LA times,\u00a0highlighted the team’s ongoing trend\u00a0of falling behind early in games.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to start games behind before you take an at-bat,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cWe\u2019ve given up runs in the first inning. We got to put up that zero and kind of get a chance to get the game going.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pitching continues to be the root of the problem. Injuries to starters like Tyler Glasnow and Blake Snell have forced the Dodgers into using rookie arms like Jack Dreyer and Landon Knack. That lack of depth showed Monday, as Dreyer surrendered three early runs and Knack gave up a pair of two-run homers in the third.<\/p>\n

Despite the loss, Betts tried to remain optimistic, but acknowledged the toll injuries and inconsistency are taking on the clubhouse.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou go through certain situations like this, it\u2019s just tough to find a way to get back healthy and get our guys back out there,\u201d Betts said. \u201cBut we\u2019re battling with what we got.\u201d<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Dodgers pitching struggles are now glaring, with the team’s ERA ballooning to 4.28, 22nd in the league. For a club with champion aspirations, this stretch has raised urgent questions.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles will look to stop the slide Tuesday night behind Yoshinobu Yamamoto. But if this Dodgers losing streak continues, patience among fans and leadership may start to fade fast.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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