{"id":434254,"date":"2026-08-16T03:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T03:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/434254\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T03:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T03:08:13","slug":"justin-wrobleski-struggles-jacob-misiorowski-shines-in-dodgers-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/434254\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Wrobleski struggles, Jacob Misiorowski shines in Dodgers’ loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Justin Wrobleski<\/a>\u2018s struggles continued as the Dodgers<\/a>\u2019 left-handed starter gave up a pair of two-run home runs in Saturday\u2019s 4-1 loss<\/a> to the Milwaukee Brewers.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee\u2019s Joey Ortiz hit the first one 373 feet to left field in the second inning, and Wilson Contreras hit the other 389 feet to left-center in the fourth.<\/p>\n

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts<\/a> doesn\u2019t believe Wrobleski\u2019s woes are fatigue-related. However, the first-time All-Star, who gave up four hits through six innings, has pitched a career-high 126\u2153 innings this season. He has yielded 11 home runs in his past four starts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do know that the command hasn\u2019t been there,\u201d Roberts said before the game. \u201cBalls early that were getting hit at guys are going out of the ballpark. But I do think simplifying his pitch mix [and] making better-quality pitches will be helpful. But yeah, I mean, he has thrown a lot, but I still feel like the stuff, for me, isn\u2019t ticking now.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs it sustainable? Yeah, we\u2019ll see,\u201d Roberts added. \u201cAt some point in time, he\u2019s going to go to the \u2018pen anyway … because [of] the guys that we have coming back.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Brewers took advantage. With Milwaukee ace Jacob Misiorowski \u2014 the favorite for the NL Cy Young Award \u2014 giving up just five hits, the Dodgers struggled against a pitcher they could see again in the postseason.<\/p>\n

\"Dodgers <\/p>\n

Dodgers pitcher Justin Wrobleski delivers against the Brewers on Saturday at Dodger Stadium.<\/p>\n

(Gina Ferazzi \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s one of the best in the game, if not the best right now,\u201d Roberts said.<\/p>\n

Misiorowski managed to get out of a jam in the fifth. After a trio of one-out singles from Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez, Alex Call and Hunter Feduccia, Shohei Ohtani<\/a> and Freddie Freeman<\/a> each came up with the bases loaded.<\/p>\n

But Misiorowski, who leads the majors in ERA (1.75) and strikeouts (210), fanned both and silenced the announced crowd of 47,767 as the Brewers (76-48) made sure the Dodgers (74-50) will not overtake them for best record in the NL this weekend.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers scored their only run on an Ohtani triple to right that scored Call from first in the third inning.<\/p>\n

Brewers relievers Antonio Senzatela and Aaron Ashby didn\u2019t give up a hit, and Jonathan Hernandez gave up just one in three innings of relief for the Dodgers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re just a gritty team,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cThey pitch well [and] they defend well; it\u2019s kind of what they do. … It\u2019s just a really well-rounded team.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\" Injury updates<\/p>\n

Tyler Glasnow<\/a> is scheduled to make one more minor-league start, consisting of five innings and 75 pitches. He\u2019s expected to join the Dodgers around the team\u2019s end-of-August road trip to Atlanta and Detroit.<\/p>\n

Will Smith took part in batting practice Friday and caught a bullpen session.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe arrow is pointing up for Will,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cDon\u2019t know when he\u2019s going to partake in a live situation, but that\u2019ll be kind of a good gauge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kyle Tucker was given Saturday off amid his frustrations at the plate, where he\u2019s hitting .192 at home compared to .275 on the road.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact is, the splits are stark home-road,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cI don\u2019t think we have a reason behind it … he\u2019s conscious of it, though.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reggie Smith honored<\/p>\n

Former Dodgers outfielder and 1981 World Series champion Reggie Smith was inducted into the Legends of Dodger Baseball on Saturday before the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very special, being able to share this with my family,\u201d Smith said. \u201cEspecially my 93-year-old brother and my 95-year-old sister that are here. This is a very, very special day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Smith, a seven-time All-Star from Compton, spent six of his 17 MLB seasons with the Dodgers and hit .297 with 97 homers and 301 RBIs with the team.<\/p>\n

He was part of the historic 1977 Dodgers that saw four players \u2014 Smith, Steve Garvey, Ron Cey and Dusty Baker \u2014 each hit 30 or more home runs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a job to do, and it was about trying to bring a world championship to Los Angeles,\u201d Smith said. \u201cAnd I played with a great bunch of guys. … I was just that glad to have been a part of it and helped that era.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Justin Wrobleski\u2018s struggles continued as the Dodgers\u2019 left-handed starter gave up a pair of two-run home runs in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[65636,2136,426,172457,2641,172455,1049,172456,23932,4390,24245,48,52,51,47,50,49,3289,424,595,88414],"class_list":["post-434254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-alex-call","tag-brewer","tag-dodgers","tag-end-of-august-road-trip","tag-foot","tag-gritty-team","tag-hit","tag-home-loss","tag-innings","tag-jacob-misiorowski","tag-justin-wrobleski","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-loss","tag-roberts","tag-saturday","tag-second-inning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}