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Dodgers Land on Wrong Side of MLB History After Cardinals Shutout

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Amulya Shekhar | Last updated Jun 7, 2025 11:59 AM ET

Entering their series against the Cardinals on the road, the Dodgers were on a high after winning back-to-back Subway Series against the Yankees and the Mets in their New York sojourn.

The team has been in imperious hitting form in the 2025 MLB season. Shohei Ohtani leads the National League in home runs with 23 thus far.

Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, and Andy Pages have all been slugging at .500 or above this year. Their most reliable hitter, Mookie Betts, has also been in good form. However, none of this came into play during their Friday loss to the St Louis Cardinals.

The Dodgers registered 10 hits during the game - Mookie Betts had 3 hits in 4 plate appearances. Ohtani, Teoscar Hernandez, Freddie Freeman, and Andy Pages all had hits to their name. 3 of these hits were extra-base hits, too.

However, despite averaging .278 as a batting lineup on the night, the Dodgers failed to register a single run. They were shutout by St. Louis, who capitalized on their seven hits on the night to add five runs to their scoreboard in a 5-0 win.

This statistic paints the Dodgers' batting lineup in a historically bad light. As per Opta Stats, there have been over 12000 instances of a team registering 10 hits and 3 extra-base hits in a single game. The Dodgers are the only team of these 12,282 lineups not to register a single run on the basis of their hitting in the game.

Over the last 10 seasons (since 2016), there have been 12,282 instances of an MLB team having at least 10 hits and 3 extra-base hits in a game, regular season or playoffs.

The Dodgers tonight are the only one of those 12,282 to get shut out.
— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) June 7, 2025

The St Louis Cardinals have been on a tear over the past six weeks. They have won 24 of their 37 games since April 26th and are second in their division.

The Dodgers will be looking to be more enterprising and record some runs on the scoreboard during the remaining games of the series.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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