LOS ANGELES — It was this time last year the Dodgers began to slide.
Following a 13-2 start to the 2021 campaign, the team went into an early-summer tailspin. They lost 15 of 20 games. They squandered their season-opening momentum. And it took them close to a month to snap out of the malaise, eventually contributing to their costly second-place finish in the National League West.
Last week, it seemed like the Dodgers were on the verge of another consequential skid.
