Dave Roberts recalled the play a couple of times late Wednesday night. If Yasiel Puig hadn’t clubbed his 100-mph line drive right to the shortstop, the game, he reiterated, would’ve gone differently. The bases were loaded with one out in the third inning. If the ball found a hole, two runs would’ve scored, giving the Dodgers the lead. From there, who knows?
The Dodgers left the bases loaded. They went on to lose to the Arizona Diamondbacks, a club that had played its way out of contention before the Dodgers arrived, and dropped to second place behind the Colorado Rockies in the National League West.