When the Dodgers won their 107th game of the season, it was almost in spite of themselves. A day after stranding 14 runners on base in a 4-3, extra-inning loss to San Diego, the Dodgers beat the Padres, 1-0, in another extra-inning game that saw them leave another 11 runners on.
The Dodgers have scored just 20 runs in their past eight games, a dismal rate for a team that leads the majors in runs scored. They’ve split those eight games, at least in part because the pitching has been so dominant in keeping them in games — did we mention L.