Frustrated Dodgers facing elimination in NLCS again after Game 4 loss to Braves
Julio Urías couldn’t hide his frustration anymore. He couldn’t keep his steely composure together. He couldn’t pretend.
When he watched Gavin Lux, an infielder-turned-outfielder for all of six weeks, fail to catch a ball major league center fielders are expected to catch, the pitcher’s instincts surfaced without a filter in the Dodgers’ 9-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night. Urías extended his arms to his side, palms up, in confusion, in disgust, in exasperation.
It was the third inning. His fourth pitching appearance in 12 days, a strenuous schedule the Dodgers voluntarily subjected him to, was already a flop. Joc Pederson’s RBI bloop single in front of Lux, who pulled up a stride short, was the icing in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium.
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