CINCINNATI —
The Dodgers had to wake up early Sunday, after their 1:40 p.m. game against the Cincinnati Reds started 90 minutes early because of thunderstorms in the area.
The team’s bats, however, still looked asleep in a weather-delayed defeat at Great American Ball Park, with the Dodgers falling 4-0 to the Reds to suffer a weekend series sweep and their fifth loss in a row overall.
The five-game losing streak is the longest the Dodgers have endured since 2019. The three-game sweep marked their first winless series since last June.
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And, in what has been a common theme during the team’s extended two-week slide (they are 7-9 in their last 16 games), the offense remained the club’s biggest weakness, managing just five hits in a game that was delayed for an hour before the sixth inning by rain.