"Dave Roberts started out of the dugout with a walk. Once Blake Snell caught his gaze, it turned into a trot. With two out in the seventh inning, and Snell trying to put the finishing touches on his best performance in a Dodgers uniform, Roberts appeared to be coming to the mound after a pair of walks to turn to his shaky bullpen with a three-run lead."
""Before the results, has to be confidence," Roberts said, comparing the relief corps' struggles to the second-half scuffles that the offense only recently emerged from. "It's just kind of trying to reset a mentality, a mindset and expect that things happen. ... You can't chase a zero in an inning until you execute the first pitch, and then keep going like that. And I think that right now you can see that they're kind of trying a little too hard.""
Blake Snell delivered a dominant, efficient seven-inning, scoreless start, striking out Otto Kemp with a 95-mph fastball to end the seventh and secure a 5-0 Dodgers victory. Dave Roberts began toward the mound after two walks but, once Snell met his gaze and they briefly conferred, ultimately left him in the game. The Dodgers' bullpen had struggled recently, prompting emphasis on resetting confidence, mindset and execution to avoid over-trying and to focus on first-pitch strikes. Snell attacked hitters from the outset, retiring the first inning on eight pitches and following an aggressive game plan missing from his previous outings.
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