Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts expressed optimism despite the team's recent offensive struggles, noting they scored only three runs in their last two games against the Miami Marlins. He believes the hitting issues began earlier in Colorado and emphasizes that hitting is cyclical.
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Apr 19, 2026; Denver, Colorado, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts (30) walks to the mound for a pitching change in the seventh inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images
The Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts spoke about LAâs offensive issues after their loss to the Miami Marlins on Wednesday.
The Dodgers only scored three runs over their last two games against the Marlins, and had to stage a ninth-inning comeback to steal a win in the opening game of the series. Roberts believes the Dodgersâ issues began much earlier, though.
âI donât think weâre collectively swinging the bats the way we were early,â Roberts said. âSort of started in Colorado, I think. Itâs one of those things where hitting is definitely cyclical. In total, we weâre at the top, near the top. The last 10 days, it just hasnât been synced up. We just havenât got those hits when we needed them.â
The Dodgers began a series against the Rockies April 17, getting off to a good start with a 7-1 win, but couldnât keep the bats going. They lost both of the following two games, then went on to score just four times in three games against the in their next series.
Dave Roberts mentioned that the Dodgers are not swinging the bats collectively as they did earlier in the season and that their hitting issues began in Colorado.
The Dodgers scored only three runs over their last two games against the Miami Marlins.
Roberts indicated that the hitting issues for the Dodgers began during their series in Colorado.
Roberts believes that hitting is cyclical, suggesting that teams can go through phases of strong and weak performance.
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Despite their recent results, though, Roberts knows the quality in the lineup and believes theyâll make a comeback soon.
âItâs a long season, as we all know,â Roberts said. âYouâd like everyone to get off to a good start, but a lot of guys are not performing to the back of their baseball cards. So you just hope that the work and the consistency of work will show benefits and it will balance out at some point.â
Apr 19, 2026; Denver, Colorado, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts (30) walks to the mound for a pitching change in the seventh inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images
Of the six Dodgers who qualify over the course of the last four series, four of them sit below league average in terms of wRC+.
Teoscar Hernandez has been the worst of the bunch, posting a 19 wRC+ wot am OPS below .400 during that stretch, and Andy Pages has crashed back down to Earth with a 42 wRC+ in that sample size.
Freddie Freeman hasnât looked like himself either, something he admitted to following Wednesdayâs loss.
âI had pitches to hit, I just didnât hit âem,â Freeman said. âI canât speak for everybody else. I mean, I had strikes. I swung at the strikes. I didnât hit the strikes.â
Kyle Tucker is also in this group, but sits just below league average. The remaining two batters who have performed on offense during this stretch are Shohei Ohtani and Max Muncy.
The Dodgers get an off day Thursday, but get started on a six-game roadtrip on Friday.
Theyâll open that trip against the St. Louis Cardinals on the road, and will look to bounce back against the fifth-worst pitching staff in MLB by ERA.
Do you think the Dodgers can bounce back from their series loss?