""It doesn't feel great," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said after the Game 5 loss. "You clearly see those guys finding ways to get hits, move the baseball forward, and we're not doing a good job of it. I thought (Trey) Yesavage was good tonight mixing his fastball, slider, and the split. But, yeah, you still have to use the whole field and take what they give you."
""And if they're not going to allow for slug, then you've got to be able to kind of redirect and club down to take competitive at-bats, and you see whether it's (Addison) Barger or (Bo) Bichette, those guys are doing it. But again, we have that ability. We've got to make some adjustments. "We have seen (Kevin) Gausman a ton, a lot of our guys have seen him, so we just got to come in fresh. We've been in elimination games, a core group of these guys, and we got to find a way to win a game. That's it.""
The Dodgers trail 3-2 in the 2025 World Series and will face elimination in Game 6 at Rogers Centre. Offense has been a persistent problem, with more than five runs scored in a game only once since the start of the National League Division Series and the sixth run taking 18 innings to appear. In the World Series the Dodgers have scored 18 runs in 54 innings, averaging three runs per game, and went 10-for-61 and 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position in the last two games. The team has relied on two historic pitching performances for its wins, while production has come primarily from Shohei Ohtani and Will Smith; most of the rest of the lineup, including Mookie Betts and Andy Pages, has fallen short, prompting lineup moves and benching. Manager Dave Roberts emphasized the need for adjustments and competitive at-bats against familiar arms like Kevin Gausman.
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