3 increasingly weird lineup changes that could spark Dodgers after Game 4 loss

World Series - Toronto Blue Jays v Los Angeles Dodgers - Game Four | Harry How/GettyImagesAfter Anthony Banda and Blake Treinen gave up four runs in the top of the seventh of Game 4 (two of which were credited to Shohei Ohtani) to give the Blue Jays a 6-1 lead, Dodgers fans knew that it was over.

A team like the Dodgers shouldn't see a five-run deficit as totally insurmountable, even in late innings, but the offense has offered little in the way of faith that they have the grit to stage comebacks like that. Since the Wild Card, LA never scored more than five runs in a game until Game 3 of the World Series.

Dave Roberts said after the Game 4 loss, which knotted the series at 2-2, that the…