![\"Dodgers'](\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_4151,h_2334,x_0,y_164\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/inside_the_dodgers\/01k4g2wvypemspq04sme.jpg\")
The Los Angeles Dodgers fell to 78-63 on Friday at the hands of a walk-off home run by Baltimore Orioles catcher Samuel Basallo.<\/p>\nThe Los Angeles Dodgers fell to 78-63 on Friday at the hands of a walk-off home run by Baltimore Orioles catcher Samuel Basallo.<\/p>\n
Southpaw Tanner Scott, the man on the mound who hurled a 98.7 mph four seam fastball to Basallo that ended up in the seats 433 feet away, spoke on not just the dissapointment of his team\u2019s fourth loss in a row, but having to improve upon what has been a lackluster showing in a Dodgers uniform.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u201cFor everyone that threw tonight and was great, for that to happen, it just sucks,\u201d Scott said. \u201cIt sucks. It feels terrible. And I have to figure it out. Because baseball hates me right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scott has a 4.56 ERA on the year, after inking a four-year, $72 million deal this past offseason. During Scott\u2019s 2024 campaign as a member of the Miami Marlins and San Diego Padres, that mark was down to 1.75 to go along with 22 saves after his 72 innings on the year.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just keep making terrible pitch selections right when it matters, and it\u2019s costing us every time,\u201d continued Scott.<\/p>\n
The fastball he sent towards Basallo, playing in just his 15th career game in the majors, was Scott\u2019s third in a row during that at-bat. The young catcher was hitting .270 in Triple-A this season with an OPS of .966 and 23 home runs, and when he saw the four seamer down the middle of the plate, all it took was one swing to end the night.<\/p>\n
Manager Dave Roberts also remarked on the struggles of his high-leverage closer, and also called Scott\u2019s pitch mix into question.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought tonight he threw the ball well,\u201d Roberts said of Scott. \u201cIt was one of those things where you\u2019ve got count leverage on a guy, you\u2019ve got to expand and go for the swing-and-miss. I just thought right there he didn\u2019t make a good pitch. The guy put a good swing on it. I thought in totality the stuff was good but, yeah, the one pitch when you get 1-2 and you make a bad pitch \u2013 he made us pay for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Los Angeles Dodgers southpaw Tanner Scott spoke candidly on his struggles this season, and giving up a walk-off home run on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":89197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\n