So quiet the noise clubhouse attendants made stretching packing tape over boxes was heard clearly on the other side of the room.
After a second consecutive World Series defeat, some Dodgers, like red-eyed reliever Pedro Baez, were too overcome by emotion to grant interviews.
“Watching them run out on that field sucks,” infielder Max Muncy said. “It’s a crushing feeling. It’s defeating. There’s only one team every year that gets to go home after a win. Really wanted to be it and it wasn’t us, so it’s very disappointing.”
Muncy’s walkoff homer in Game 3 to end a low-scoring affair in the 18th inning was one of just six hit by the Dodgers in the World Series.