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Extra innings are when the Dodger superiority in pitching should assert itself.
Extra innings are when the Dodger offense should find salvation against the desperation relievers of opposing bullpens.
Instead, the Dodger offense, which prunes in the best of times, has downright disintegrated after the ninth inning, leading to 10 losses in 14 extra-inning games.
Dodger Offense in Extra Innings, 2003
| Date | Opponent | Innings | Result | AB | R | H | BB | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/1 | at Arizona | 10 | L, 5-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 |
| 4/6 | at San Diego | 13 | W, 4-3 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .214 | .389 | .214 | .603 |
| 4/7 | vs. Arizona | 12 | L, 6-4 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 |
| 4/13 | at San Francisco | 12 | L, 5-4 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .300 | .417 | .300 | .717 |
| 4/24 | at Cincinnati | 11 | L, 3-2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 |
| 6/10 | at Detroit | 12 | W, 3-1 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .273 | .333 | .273 | .606 |
| 6/13 | at Cleveland | 10 | W, 4-3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .400 | .500 | .600 | 1.100 |
| 6/23 | at San Francisco | 11 | L, 3-2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 |
| 7/2 | vs. San Diego | 10 | L, 4-3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.250 | 1.750 |
| 7/4 | vs. Arizona | 10 | L, 3-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 7/24 | vs. Colorado | 11 | W, 1-0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 |
| 7/25 | at Arizona | 15 | L, 2-1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 |
| 8/12 | at Florida | 13 | L, 5-4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 |
| 8/13 | at Florida | 11 | L, 2-1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .286 | .000 | .286 |
| Total | --- | (35) | 4-10 | 111 | 6 | 21 | 12 | .189 | .280 | .225 | .505 |
More blank points for the Dodger extra-inning offense (I'd call them bullet points, but bullets are not what the team is firing.):
Dodger manager Jim Tracy has been wise not to wait for a save situation to use Eric Gagne in relief during the extra-inning games of the past two nights. How much more empty, after all, could the Dodger offense run on?
But this week, it has only served to prolong the agony - and further push an exhausting season for the team into a near-catatonic one.
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