The story of offensive struggles against lefties has been beaten into the ground by now, but the Dodgers didn’t exactly do themselves any favors by getting shut down by Clayton Richard in their first game against a lefty starter. They also didn’t do themselves any favors by getting shutdown by Kyle Freeland today, a rookie making his MLB debut.
The Blue Crew managed just one run in six innings against Freeland, with that run coming on an RBI ground out by Enrique Hernandez after a Scott Van Slyke lead-off double and Yasmani Grandal tried to bunt for a hit (or at least I hope that’s what it was).