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ST. LOUIS\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The Dodgers<\/a>\u2019 offensive slump continued Friday in a 7-2 loss<\/a> to the Cardinals.<\/p>\n

They scored just one run in the first five innings, on Max Muncy<\/a>\u2019s second-inning RBI double. Then in the sixth, they squeezed just one run out of a bases-loaded situation, brought in by a sacrifice fly from Kyle Tucker<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They went 0 for 6 with runners in scoring position, plating fewer runs in the game than the Cardinals had in the first inning alone.<\/p>\n

Dodgers right-hander Emmet Sheehan<\/a>\u2019s start went south in the span of one at-bat.<\/p>\n

With two outs in the first and runners on first and second, Sheehan worked ahead to a 2-0 count against Cardinals left-handed hitter Nolan Gorman.<\/p>\n

Dodgers catcher Will Smith<\/a> then attempted a back-pick at second base, but his errant throw bounced to the opposite side of the base and past shortstop Miguel Rojas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With runners at second and third, Sheehan did not declare he was going to switch to throwing from the stretch instead of the hybrid position. So, he was called for a balk, bringing the first run of the game across the plate.<\/p>\n

Gorman battled Sheehan to a full count. Then Sheehan left a high fastball over the plate, and Gorman sent it into the right-field stands for a two-run blast.<\/p>\n

\"Dodgers <\/p>\n

Dodgers starting pitcher Emmet Sheehan delivers during the first inning Friday against the Cardinals.<\/p>\n

(Dilip Vishwanat \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Sheehan gave up a single to Masyn Winn, the Cardinals\u2019 fourth hit of the inning, and pitching coach Mark Prior came out for a mound visit, before the Dodgers (20-12) escaped the inning.<\/p>\n

Sheehan bounced back with a 1-2-3 third inning. But he surrendered a solo homer to left-handed slugger Alec Burleson in the third.<\/p>\n

By the time Sheehan exited with two outs in the fifth inning, before Gorman was due up again, he had given up a season-high eight hits.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals (19-13) widened their lead in the seventh inning, putting together a three-run rally against reliever Edgardo Henriquez.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. LOUIS\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The Dodgers\u2019 offensive slump continued Friday in a 7-2 loss to the Cardinals. They scored just one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":688108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2403],"tags":[86923,7762,5,160,19419,39,7877,42908,14,1885,1987,4,10336,3933,16282,11598,673,67,4311,4310,5346],"class_list":{"0":"post-688107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-louis-cardinals","8":"tag-3rd-straight-loss","9":"tag-at-bat","10":"tag-baseball","11":"tag-cardinals","12":"tag-count","13":"tag-dodgers","14":"tag-first-inning","15":"tag-fourth-hit","16":"tag-game","17":"tag-gorman","18":"tag-inning","19":"tag-mlb","20":"tag-plate","21":"tag-runner","22":"tag-second-base","23":"tag-sheehan","24":"tag-st-louis","25":"tag-st-louis-cardinals","26":"tag-stlouis","27":"tag-stlouiscardinals","28":"tag-third-inning"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116503099530698522","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/688108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}