Dodgers pitchers struggle, issuing 14 walks in series-dropping loss to Padres
Los Angeles Times -

For so-called superteams like the Dodgers included, there is a universal kryptonite from which even a $300-million payroll isn’t immune. Walks. In a 6-3 loss to the San Diego Padres on Sunday, the Dodgers issued 14 of them, shooting themselves in the foot again and again and again to drop a three-game weekend series at Chavez Ravine. Free passes hadn’t exactly been an issue for the Dodgers this season. Entering Sunday, they had the 11th-lowest walk rate in the majors. But between James Paxton’s...

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