Dodgers' dream 100-win season ends in NLDS nightmare... again
Dodgers fans hope season won't end tonight
Dodger fans from Los Angeles to Phoenix hope the 2023 season doesn't end Wednesday night as the Dodgers take on the Arizona Diamondbacks in a win-or-go-home Game 3 in the National League Division Series.
PHOENIX (KTTV) - Stop us if you heard this before – the Los Angeles Dodgers enter the postseason with 100 or more regular-season wins with two of MLB's best hitters in the lineup, but the team falls flat in the division series against a NL West rival.
Yes, it happened again for the second straight season, this time against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2023 NLDS.
The Dodgers, despite having all-stars Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman in the lineup – got swept by the D-Backs in Phoenix for Game 3 4-2. Wednesday's loss marks yet another postseason collapse by the Dodgers, who fell to the Padres in the 2022 NLDS in four games.
Arizona awaits the winner of the Philadelphia Phillies-Atlanta Braves series.
SERIES AT A GLANCE
- GAME 1: Diamondbacks 11, Dodgers 2
- GAME 2: Diamondbacks 4, Dodgers 2
- GAME 3: Diamondbacks 4, Dodgers 2
HOW THEY GOT HERE
The Dodgers clinched baseball’s equivalent of a first-round bye after winning 100 games in the regular season and clinching the NL West.
The D-backs punched their ticket to the NLDS after completing a 2-game sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers in the wild-card round.