Max Muncy sends strong message to teammates amid Dodgers' struggles

"The Dodgers have now dropped seven of their last 11 games, scoring two runs or fewer in seven of them. "I think it's a rough stretch for us," Max Muncy said of the Dodgers' recent struggles at the plate. "Obviously, we are facing tough pitching, and they're making pitches. But I think for us as a group, we're just going through a rough stretch. And that's part of baseball."

""We had some guys hit some balls hard, and we had some guys hitting the ball soft, and none of them seemed to fall. That's just kind of how the game goes sometimes." Dodgers manager Dave Roberts recently said the offense hasn't felt like a cohesive unit at times, which Muncy agreed with before calling on his teammates to forget about their troubles and just play."

""I think we have some guys that aren't in the spot that they want to be in right now, and they're trying to figure that out," Muncy began. "It's kind of tough to compete when you're trying to figure things out. We've preached that in the past sometimes, that you've got to just forget about everything you're doing off the field, and when you get in the batter's box, you just have to compete.""

""That's probably something we're going to harp on a little bit again right now, because there are a lot of guys trying to just find some mechanics. And it's hard to hit when you're doing that." While the Dodgers offense has struggled, they are hoping to get a boost for Monday's series opener against the San Francisco Giants when Mookie Betts is activated off the 10-day injured list."

The Los Angeles Dodgers lost 7-2 to the Atlanta Braves on Mother’s Day, repeating a similar pattern from the previous game. The team managed only one hit through the first seven innings after early struggles from the starting pitcher. Justin Wrobleski logged a career-high 8.2 innings and helped preserve the bullpen. The Dodgers have dropped seven of their last 11 games and have scored two runs or fewer in seven of them. Max Muncy described the stretch as difficult, noting that opponents are making pitches and that hard-hit and soft-hit balls are not finding results. He said players are trying to adjust mechanics, making competition harder. The team expects an offensive boost when Mookie Betts returns for the series opener against the San Francisco Giants.

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