It would sound obscure to say that the Dodgers’ secondary leader in home runs in the regular season is also the same player that is hitting under .100 out of the nine hole in the postseason.

That is the situation that Andy Pages finds himself in, and he has become a major detriment for the Dodgers offensively.

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To his credit, Pages has had a couple moments of productivity, as he his batted ball in the bottom of the 11th inning in Game 4 of the NLDS helped the Dodgers take the series, thanks in help to an errant throw from Orion Kerkering that’ll forever haunt the Phillies. He also collected an RBI double off of Freddy Peralta in Game 2 of the NLCS that gave the Dodgers the lead.

Since that moment, he has a batting average of just .091. He has outdone himself in the World Series with a putrid .067 average and was replaced by Alex Call in both Games 3 and 4, with the fate of his role as a starter looking more dim with every missed opportunity at the plate.

With the Dodgers in need of a shuffle in the lineup, the starting nine for Dave Roberts might look a bit different. When Roberts was asked by Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times about potential lineup changes, Roberts commented that changes could be made as the season winds down to three games at most. Roberts did not specify as to who will bear the brunt of a demotion from the starting lineup.

“I’m gonna think about it long and hard, and it might look a little bit different tomorrow.”

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Shohei Ohtani wasn’t able to replicate the same dominance he had against Milwaukee on the mound, as he handed Toronto the lead via a two-run home run from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. before being pulled in the seventh inning for a second straight start.

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Eager to give his team needed length on the mound, Ohtani failed to meet his own expectations of going seven full innings, as he regretted not being able to provide enough before the bullpen let Toronto’s lead ballon out of sight, per Jim Alexander of the Orange County Register.

“Whether it’s during the regular season or the postseason, my goal is to be able to pitch six innings,” Ohtani said through interpreter Will Ireton. “And the situation, this game, I wanted to go seven, and it was regrettable that I wasn’t able to finish that inning.”

Speaking of the bullpen, the duo of Anthony Banda and Blake Treinen fed into the Blue Jays’ four run seventh inning which ultimately left the Dodgers struggling to find answers against Toronto’s heavily depleted bullpen.

Treinen, who has now allowed runs (both off the bat of Bo Bichette) in back to back games, spoke on Toronto’s knack for being able to put the ball in play and do so in succession, per Jack Harris of the Los Angeles Times.

“They do a good job of battling tough pitches,” Treinen said, “and putting pitches that are mistakes in play.”