Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts didn't envision his club sitting in second place in the NL West in mid-August.
However, that's exactly where the Dodgers find themselves after losing 6-5 to the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday to drop all six games of the Freeway Series this season. The defending World Series champions were the favorites to repeat after a huge offseason and led the division by nine games July 3, but they've gone 12-21 since to fall one game behind the San Diego Padres.
"We put ourselves in this spot," manager Dave Roberts said postgame, according to Sonja Chen of MLB.com. "But no, I wouldn't have expected us to be in second place right now."