Dodgers All-Stars experienced nightmare series against Phillies

The Dodgers were outmatched in virtually every way when they were swept by the Phillies in a three-game series at Citizens Bank Ballpark in Philadelphia. While the overall series score of 19-5 is not pretty, the performance of the four Dodgers All-Stars who played in the three games shows just how poorly Los Angeles played.

Shohei Ohtani, Will Smith, Freddie Freeman and Teoscar Hernandez are the four active Dodgers All-Stars, while Tyler Glasnow and Mookie Betts are both on the injured list.

This quartet managed just seven hits in the three games against the Phillies, which is the main reason for LA’s overall lack of productivity. It’s also worth noting that none of the seven hits resulted in extra bases.

Together they managed 7 of 38 hits, five walks, one RBI, one run and 16 strikeouts. Freeman alone remained hitless in 10 at-bats and reached base only once via a walk.

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Ohtani, Smith, Freeman and Hernandez combined for a .184 batting average and a paltry .279 on-base percentage in the three games. They had zero extra-base hits (which is worth revisiting) and struck out in a whopping 37.2 percent of their at-bats. St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Nolan Gorman has the MLB’s worst strikeout rate at 37.0 percent.

Certainly the bottom of the Dodgers order is and has been a problem at times this year, but four players playing in the All-Star Game can’t be that small on the road against the best team in the National League. Game 1 was a 10-1 loss and was always likely to elude LA, but 4-3 and 5-1 losses in Games 2 and 3 make the lack of production from those four less palatable.

The good news is that none of these players will be in a slump for an extended period of time, but they will definitely need to step up the next time they face a World Series contender.