On a day the Los Angeles Dodgers honored Shohei Ohtani with a ring giveaway, their defensive errors contributed to a 5-3 loss against the St. Louis Cardinals. In the eighth inning, a throwing error by Alex Freeland allowed the Cardinals to tie the game and score a decisive run. Freeland acknowledged his learning curve at third base. In addition, Miguel Rojas took responsibility for defensive mistakes, including losing a pop-up and not effectively communicating with Mookie Betts on a ground ball which cost them a lead runner at second base.
Freeland, who has only played six games with the Dodgers, believes he is still getting used to playing third base at the Major League level. 'Every day is a learning curve, whether we play good or we play bad, there's something to learn from it every single day,' Freeland said. 'So take today's lesson and move on.'
Rojas also took responsibility for a couple of defensive mistakes he made on Wednesday. Among them was losing a pop-up in the sun that led to the Cardinals scoring a run in the third inning. Rojas additionally lamented not communicating with Mookie Betts better on a ground ball in which they could have gotten the lead runner out at second base.
Rojas noted, 'Mookie got a ball at short that I should have told him to throw to me at second base so we can get the lead out, and I feel like that was the game right there. So they scored the run after. The guy is supposed to be at first base instead of at second.'
Freeland's ill-advised throw allowed another run to score, giving St. Louis a decided lead. 'Yeah, I mean, I thought it was a close play and just made a bad throw,' Freeland said after the Dodgers' 5-3 loss to the Cardinals.
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