Twins’ Bullpen Strikes Again, Deepening Dodgers’ Mysterious Slump
Every so often, baseball throws you a curveball so utterly baffling that you just have to shake your head and wonder what on earth happened out there . Tuesday night’s home game at Dodger Stadium was one of those moments — a meltdown so confounding that even the most seasoned observers found themselves scratching their heads. The Dodgers, already navigating a bullpen in flux due to key injuries and a carousel of minor-league call-ups, stumbled badly in a 10-7 defeat against the Minnesota Twins, a game where sloppy pitching and defensive lapses spelled disaster. Six runs cooked up in just two innings — and not many hits to show for it — courtesy of a parade of walks and one particularly glaring error, turned what should’ve been a neck-and-neck battle into a crushing loss. You could feel the sting not only in the final score but in the demeanor of manager Dave Roberts, who summed it up plainly: “Tonight, it just wasn’t pretty.” It’s the kind of outing that tests the mettle of a team and the patience of its fans — a stark reminder that baseball, like life, rarely plays out as expected.
They missed high, wide and, in one of the most confounding plays you’ll see on a major league diamond, even on a relatively routine throw to first base.
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