Kiké Hernández of the Dodgers criticizes his teammates, supporters after the defeat against the Brewers

All these victories later, 96 of them actually, and we still do not know what to do with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Is it the mega-power of baseball that has won six consecutive division titles and looks pretty dangerous sometimes to qualify for the playoffs in October? Or is it the team that needed a 163 match to break out of their division after a difficult season in the standings?

Was it the veterans of October who sent the convincing Atlanta Braves? Or is this team that we saw smother Monday night in the third game of the National League series against Milwaukee Brewers?

We know who they are right now, that night, a team that needs to do their pedigree or face a long vacation in a short period of time. The Brewers' 4-0 win gave them a 2-1 lead in the series and left the Dodgers feeling deflated.

The way Kiké Hernández spoke after the Dodgers' defeat gave the impression that they had just been eliminated and not facing a 2-1 deficit in a best-of-seven series. He blamed his team. He blamed the energy in the stadium. He even blamed the fans. But in the end, he said: the Dodgers were dead in the third match.

None of this fits what you want to hear – especially what disappointed fans want to hear about the first L.A. game in the series. But Hernández is right about the poor performance of the Dodgers. And most of the responsibility goes directly to the players.

The Dodgers had five hits, but it was not a threat to score until the ninth inning, when they loaded the goals with a goal and then, as they did all night, let the ball go. 'opportunity. Three times, they started the heats with a rider on the base and could not build rallies.

Twice, Manny Machado came into play to lead a round and Cody Bellinger followed by crumbling into almost doubles games. One was called a double play because of Machado's decisive slip in second place. The other was broken by a Machado slide and Bellinger's speed, but still has not given anything.

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = ""I think we were 0-on-10 with the riders in the scoring position, "said Dave Roberts, manager of the Dodgers, after the match. "And part of it creates opportunities to score. We had a second and third, one on. We had a double start. And we could not push them. So in games like this, things like that are exploited. I really do not think it's the staff. We must find a way to be productive when we come to these places. ""data-reactid =" 30 ">"I think we were 0-on-10 with the riders in the scoring position, "said Dave Roberts, manager of the Dodgers, after the match. "And part of it creates opportunities to score. We had a second and third, one on. We had a double start. And we could not push them. So in games like this, things like that are exploited. I really do not think it's the staff. We must find a way to be productive when we come to these places. "

In the fifth, the Dodgers also let slip a two-time lead by Yasmani Grandal, who had another tough night behind the plate, allowing a ball to pass and not prevent a wild throw from Walker Buehler who brought home. Grandal also hit with the loaded bases in the ninth inning because he represented the equal mark of the match.

Add to that his difficulties in the first game and he was not the most popular man at Dodger Stadium. Grandal was booed by fans in his hometown, which Hernandez offended – another example of the team's frustrations that erupted.

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As for Grandal himself? This answer will not win back fans who have cursed his name.

Yasmani Grandal on past / wild bullets: "I think it makes you crazier than it drives me."

– Andy McCullough (@McCulloughTimes) October 16, 2018

The Dodgers will go to Austin Barnes at the catcher in Game 4 instead of Grandal according to Roberts, which is a necessary change at this stage. But they will have to do more than that. They will have to wake up their attack and move the riders around the bases before the last innings of the game. Even their victory in this series came on an eighth round run.

They will have to jump on Brewer starter Gio Gonzalez and tax the Milwaukee office. They will need this long list of runners in their dugout to put pressure on Milwaukee instead of the other way around. And they'll have to hurry, before we know what kind of team the Dodgers are.

Because if they do not solve the problems, they could be the kind of team that will return home in a few days.

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