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    Dodgers’ power outage reaches six games
    • May 3, 2026

    ST. LOUIS — The power went out and left the Dodgers in the dark.

    The most glaring trend during the Dodgers’ two-week long offensive slump has been the disappearance of the home run ball. In the first 22 games of this season, the Dodgers led the majors with 42 home runs. In the next 12 games, they hit just three, all during the three-game series against the Chicago Cubs last weekend.

    They hadn’t gone five games without a home run since May 16-21, 2015. The homer-less streak reached six games Sunday, their longest since an eight-game power outage in July 2014.

    “Very surprised – and honestly, we haven’t really come close either,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “So yeah, I’m surprised. As a team – we can slug.”

    The news that the Dodgers had gone a week without a home run caught Freddie Freeman off guard — “Oh, really?” he said when asked about it after Sunday’s game.

    “I mean, obviously it is surprising with our group of guys,” Freeman said. “But not surprising when you play this game and you play it as long as we have. It’s really hard sometimes. And it’s been really hard for us lately to score a lot of runs. But I don’t think anybody’s worried about the power. That will come.”

    That they haven’t is a product of some “passivity” that has seeped into the approach of too many hitters recently, Roberts said.

    “You should always be ready to hit,” he said. “I don’t think hitting should be looked at in a passive light. And I do think at times we’re being passive. You should always be ready to fire on your pitch. So I think there’s passivity in there. I think that’s the thought.

    “I think it’s a handful of individuals that have ended up in this place. But, yeah, when it’s a big number of guys that are culprits, you start to get an offense that isn’t productive. That is the byproduct.”

    Hitting for power comes with “some swing and miss” but “what you don’t want is guys to be careful and cautious,” Roberts said.

    OHTANI DAY

    Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to make his next pitching start Tuesday in Houston. Roberts said Sunday he is leaning towards having Ohtani also in the lineup as DH. In two of his past three pitching starts, Ohtani did not hit.

    The decision is mainly based on the Dodgers’ recent schedule, Roberts said. The Dodgers were at the end of a 13-day stretch between off days last time. This time, they just had an off day on Thursday and will have another one this Thursday.

    The fact that Ohtani individually and the Dodgers’ offense collectively are struggling is not a factor, he said.

    “I think I do a good job of not really letting the moment, as far as what the team’s doing, influence the decision,” Roberts said. “It’s based on him.”

    After going 7 for 11 with two doubles and his first home run in 59 plate appearances before his most recent pitching start, Ohtani has slipped back into a slump and went into Sunday’s game hitless in 11 at-bats since that pitching start.

    “I thought at home, Shohei kind of righted the ship and got back on track,” Roberts said after Saturday’s game. “But these last two games, I think there’s been a little bit more chase than we saw on the homestand.”

    REHAB REPORT

    Blake Snell pitched four innings for Triple-A Oklahoma City in his third rehab start Sunday afternoon, his first at Triple-A.

    Snell gave up a single and a two-run home run in his first inning but retired 10 of the 11 batters he faced after that. He walked one and struck out four while throwing 55 pitches. Snell is expected to make one more rehab start with a target of five innings and about 75 pitches.

    Brock Stewart also pitched Sunday for OKC, facing just three batters in his latest rehab appearance. He struck out one, walked one and gave up a single. Stewart is nearing the end of his rehab assignment and could join the Dodgers soon.

    ALSO

    Roberts said he spoke with Mookie Betts and Betts continues to work out in Los Angeles and is “pain free” and “in a good spot” in his recovery from an oblique injury. “What that means and when he’s going to go out on a rehab (assignment), I don’t know that yet,” Roberts said.

    UP NEXT

    Dodgers (RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto, 2-2, 2.87 ERA) at Astros (TBA), Monday, 5:10 p.m., SportsNet LA, 570 AM

    ​ Orange County Register 

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