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The Dodgers’ offense had a good day at the plate, per Katie Woo at The New York Times. After weeks of struggling in late August—especially against winning teams—we finally saw some life in the lineup. It’s one win, one good game. The question now is whether this was a spark or just noise.

Our bats have been genuinely hard to watch. We’ve been losing one-run games all month, and a huge part of that is we’re not scoring enough runs. Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani—all three have had stretches where they couldn’t buy a hit when it mattered. Teoscar Hernández and Kyle Tucker have had their moments, but nobody’s been consistently dangerous. When you’re in September baseball with a playoff spot to chase, that’s a problem.

Freeman’s been carrying us at times. Betts has shown flashes of that elite timing. But Ohtani has been pressing—his slump is real and it’s hurting not just his MVP case but our entire offensive profile. When he goes quiet, the whole lineup feels it. We need him locked in down the stretch. One good day is nice. But we need two, three, five more of them if we’re going to make a serious run.

This is when you find out what you’re made of. September’s coming. The teams we’ll face will only get tougher. One game where the bats worked doesn’t solve anything. But it’s a start. We need to build on it.

Source(s): Katie Woo (The New York Times) | First reported: August 31, 2026 1:58 AM UTC

God Bless and Go Dodgers