This time Dodgers walk off with loss as game ends on a play at plate
LOS ANGELES - Before his club confronted the team from down the freeway Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was asked to explain how Kenta Maeda, his starting pitcher, stacked up against the Angels' lineup. The Angels, to Maeda's advantage, had seven right-handed hitters in their lineup. Maeda entered the night limiting right-handed batters to the lowest batting average in the majors. There was just one problem.
"Obviously," Roberts said, "you got the best player in the game sitting in the middle of that order."
That player
