As recently as July 3, the Los Angeles Dodgers were sitting on a comfortable nine-game lead in the NL West. The defending World Series champs had won four straight games and 15 of their last 18 games despite having a full 13-man pitching staff on the injured list and getting something less than superstar play from Mookie Betts.

Often times, Shohei Ohtani's line drives are an asset for the Los Angeles Dodgers. One led to disaster on Tuesday. In a tie game against the Los Angeles Angeles, the Dodgers star lined into a triple play to wipe out a potential scoring opportunity in the sixth inning.