Dodgers' offensive funk continues in blowout loss to Giants
Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani (17) reacts after a foul in the sixth inning against the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium. LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers insist there’s no panic inside their clubhouse. The standings still favor them.
October remains the destination. But after Monday night at Dodger Stadium, there’s no denying something feels off about this team right now. The Giants didn’t just beat the Dodgers 9-3 in the opener of a four-game series.
They exposed every crack that has surfaced during what has quietly become one of the roughest stretches of the Dodgers’ season. Three straight losses. 13 defeats in their last 23 games.
And perhaps most alarming, an offense that suddenly looks ordinary. “We’re in a funk right now,” Max Muncy admitted afterward. That might actually undersell it.
The Dodgers have now scored three runs or fewer in nine of their last 12 games. Monday’s lineup once again struggled to produce meaningful pressure outside of a brief middle-inning surge carried almost entirely by Muncy, who continues to be one of the few consistent offensive threats in the lineup. Meanwhile, Shohei Ohtani’s struggles have become impossible to ignore.
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