MIAMI -- The Dodgers had to weather two losses on Tuesday in Miami: First, a valuable member of their lineup, and then the middle game of their series vs. the Marlins.
The day began with right fielder Teoscar Hernández going on the 10-day injured list with a left groin strain. At the end of the night, to cap off a back-and-forth contest, Miami's Jesús Sánchez broke through a five-man infield to walk off Los Angeles, 5-4, in 10 innings, setting up a rubber game in Wednesday's finale.
Here are three numbers that stood out from the Dodgers' walk-off loss to the Marlins:
42 round-trippers
Since loanDepot park opened its doors in 2012, Freddie Freeman has done a whole lot of mashing in the ballpark -- and against its home team.
“I don’t know the exact numbers," Freeman said on Monday night, "but I guess I’ve hit a few home runs against them in my career.”
That's quite the understatement. After hitting a solo shot in the sixth inning, Freeman has 42 career homers against the Marlins -- the most of any opposing hitter. He surpassed Ryan Howard and Ryan Zimmerman, whom he had tied the night before.
Freeman extended his hitting streak to 11 games earlier in the contest, when his RBI single off Marlins starter Cal Quantrill in the first inning got the Dodgers on the board. He's gone 19-for-42 (.452) with four homers and a 1.340 OPS in that span.
"Freddie is much more fun to watch when you're on his side than on the other side," said Marlins manager Clayton McCullough, formerly the Dodgers' first-base coach.
As hot as he's been hitting, there's a chance that Freeman will be out of the lineup in Wednesday's finale. The Dodgers are halfway through their stretch of 10 games in as many days, and the previous homestand marked the first and only time Freeman had played six days in a row this season.
98.5 mph
Andy Pages has wowed with his arm before, but he reached new heights in the bottom of the third.
With one out and a runner on first, Dodgers starter Tony Gonsolin allowed a fly ball to deep right field to Marlins catcher Liam Hicks. Then, Gonsolin watched as Pages leapt at the wall, caught the ball and fired a dart to first base to double off Dane Myers and end the inning.
The throw registered at 98.5 mph, according to Statcast, Pages' hardest-tracked outfield assist as a big leaguer.
"That was sweet," Gonsolin said. "He got to that ball. I looked up and it said 91 [mph] off the bat and I thought, ‘That can’t be a homer.’ But Andy going up against the wall and grabbing it, throwing a really good throw to first and getting that double play was huge."
Pages has already made several highlight-reel catches this season, including multiple potential home run robberies. The 24-year-old could see more time in right field -- where he grades out better than in center, the position at which he's gotten the bulk of his playing time -- while Hernández is sidelined.
157 innings … and counting
The Dodgers' bullpen, which has shouldered the heaviest workload in the Majors this season, reached 157 innings after the walk-off loss. L.A. relievers have covered nearly 10 more innings than the next-closest club (Miami, 148 2/3).
Four pitchers -- Kirby Yates, Alex Vesia, Tanner Scott and Luis García -- have appeared in at least half of the team's first 36 games. García gave up a lead to Miami in the sixth before J.P. Feyereisen, the freshest arm available, allowed the walk-off knock in the 10th.
"We had a few guys that were down," manager Dave Roberts said. "And so that's kind of the cost of … using your 'pen and starters that haven't gone as deep, or [whose] pitch counts go up and you can't get into the sixth, seventh inning. That's just kind of the cost of it."
With five days remaining before the Dodgers' next off-day -- and only four traditional starting pitchers on the active roster -- options are limited. Feyereisen will be optioned as the corresponding move to activate Landon Knack for Wednesday's finale, per Roberts. The team has not shared whether Knack will start or follow an opener.
The Dodgers have been here before, but even with a sense of how to navigate a beleaguered 'pen, it's a tough task to handle in the first week of May.