Hyun-Jin Ryu encounters problems again as Dodgers fall to Diamondbacks

The Hyun-Jin Ryu Dodgers have dreaded to see, the version suddenly shredded, had already surfaced Thursday at Chase Field when the disconcerting reality was hammered in the fifth inning of their 11-5 loss against the Diamondbacks of Arizona.

The southpaw had quickly got two outs. Two weeks ago, before a rushed slide aroused concern about his gas tank and stained his Cy Young CV, Ryu would have slammed the door. But, suddenly, another Ryu materialized to give a boost to the Dodgers season. This Ryu gave up five consecutive hits in two outs and three points and did not survive the inning. He left after allowing seven points at the top of the season, out of ten hits in the same season, in 4 innings and 2/3.

"They seemed to think more about contact than something big," Ryu said by interpreter Bryan Lee. "During the process, they managed to get some soft shots as well as some hard-hit balls, which made the job difficult."

Three of the five decisive successes in the fifth inning in the second inning were soft contact products, suggesting that luck was not on Ryu's side. The results still resonated.

For almost five months, Ryu slowly left the traffic jams he was facing and was almost untouchable with the riders in the lead position. In his first 22 starts, he posted an average of 1.45 earned and .95 WHIP, which is the best in the league. He kept his opponents at .221 batting average. He allowed more than two races once. He was the best thrower of the National League, if not the majors, a real asset to overtake the rotation of a competitor of the World Series.

But Ryu has stumbled a lot in his last three outings. He allowed 18 runs on 25 hits in 132/3 innings – good for an ERA of 11.85. He has allowed seven points in each of his last two starts and four in the other. The Dodgers are 0-3 in games.

"I think the approach of the batters has generally caught up with my pitcher style, so I think it's necessary to change to my side to take the lead again," Ryu said. "I think that's one of the changes coming."

He came out Thursday with 157 1/3 of throws this season, his record since 2014. This week, he insisted that he was not tired, but the Dodgers' manager, Dave Roberts, stated that his team intended to avoid Ryu's turn in the rotation or shorten one of his goals. starts in September to reduce his workload before the playoffs.

After Thursday's game, however, Roberts insisted that he did not think fatigue was the cause of Ryu's ailments. He emphasized his sustained speed. He said he thought the source was a slight command problem. He added that Ryu will make his next start.

"There was certainly bad luck in this, but I think that, overall, it is only one of those he just left," he said. said Roberts.

Adam Kolarek released Ryu and secured the final before further damage was inflicted, but the Dodgers' hope of returning, still high for a club with one of the best sports offenses, was reduced to the sixth inning . Joe Kelly allowed consecutive strikes to begin as soon as his appearance before Eduardo Escobar scored a goal at three races.

The explosion of the dirty Diamondbacks A.J. Pollock (somehow) returns to Chase Field. Thursday was not the first time Pollock was a visitor. The Dodgers center player was with his club in Arizona earlier after spending his first seven seasons in the majors as Diamondback, but he was on the injured list. Thursday scored his first match on his old playground.

To commemorate this occasion, the Diamondbacks prepared a video tribute and broadcast it on the video card before the start of the second. The images, however, have apparently malfunctioned. The moment has become awkward. A camera frantically panics at an unsuspecting Dodgers pirogue. Pollock emerged for a timid recognition.

On the field, the Diamondbacks challenged Pollock to beat them. Twice, the Diamondbacks intentionally accompanied Cody Bellinger with the first unoccupied goal to get to Pollock.

The strategy turned against her in both cases. In the third set, after Justin Turner scored a two-run double, Pollock made a decisive goal against right-winger Merrill Kelly to give Los Angeles a 3-0 lead.

In the fifth, he fired a simple to be able to load the bases again. Corey Seager followed with a sacrificial fly to tie at four. That's all for the Dodgers offense until the ninth in Turner's home race.

The Diamondbacks had four points in the fourth before finishing their Ryu KO with their two-point blitz in the fifth. He was shot after giving a single to Carson Kelly with his 93rd throw. His ERA, 1.45 there are three starts, was inflated to 2.35, always better in the majors, but by a small margin, the one that contracts immediately.

"I do not think my order was as bad as the last two games I played," Ryu said. "But I guess in terms of results, it was not there for me."