Sunday was gut-check time for the Dodgers.
A day where, as a clearly frustrated Dave Roberts put it before the game, the team needed to “not get embarrassed” in the face of a potential three-game sweep by the Arizona Diamondbacks, and play with a level of “pride” that had been missing the previous two nights.
“Whatever it is, we’ve got to do it right now,” the manager said. “We’ve got to win today. We’ve got to play better baseball. ... There’s more in there. There just is.”
Whatever Roberts was looking for, the Dodgers provided just enough Sunday.