Tyler Glasnow delivered a strong seven-inning start, Shohei Ohtani reached base, but the Dodgers fell to the Diamondbacks 6-1, marking their second consecutive loss.

Tyler Glasnow took a no-hit bid into the sixth inning and allowed three runs in seven innings, but the Dodgers’ offense faltered again for the second consecutive day, losing 6-1 at home to the Diamondbacks. Following two losses to Arizona, their NL West lead has been reduced to a single game.

“Those guys earned the win. But I can also say that, in some ways, we handed the game away. We beat ourselves,” said manager Dave Roberts. “It was a tough game. I really can’t make excuses or justify it.”

The first six innings told a story of pitching dominance but also missed opportunities at the plate. Glasnow allowed only two runners on base during that span, hitting Ketel Marte with a pitch in the fourth and giving up an infield single to Ildemaro Vargas in the sixth.

The Diamondbacks’ starter Eduardo Rodriguez was far less dominant, giving up four hits and four walks over six innings, but the Dodgers went 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position. Their two biggest chances were squandered due to baserunning mistakes.

The first mistake came in the fourth inning with one out, when Freddie Freeman stood on second base after hitting his 543rd career double, tying Tony Gwynn for 36th on the all-time list. When Andy Pages hit a ball to the left infield, Freeman took off immediately—right toward third baseman Blaze Alexander, who was positioned on his running path. Freeman was tagged out, ending the inning quickly.

The second occurred just an inning later when Kiké Hernández tried to score from third on what could have been a sacrifice fly by Shohei Ohtani. However, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. made a strong throw and tagged Hernández out before he touched home plate. The call was upheld after a review.

As Gurriel threw, Mookie Betts ran over from the on-deck circle, signaling behind catcher Gabriel Moreno that Hernández should slide, but Hernández did not see the signal.

“Ideally, you want to be in a better position so the runner can see you,” Roberts said, “and he just didn’t get there in time.”

Once the Diamondbacks started stringing hits together, they took full advantage. Corbin Carroll led off the seventh inning with a home run off Glasnow. From there, the inning unraveled as Glasnow gave up two doubles to Gurriel and Alexander. Both eventually scored on a sacrifice fly by Moreno after an outfield throwing error by Pages.

“All my pitches were working earlier,” Glasnow said, who was bothered by a bleeding thumb after clipping it with a nail clipper earlier in the game. “In the last inning, I left too many hittable pitches. None of my pitches were really sharp, and they took advantage.”

Hernández’s out on the sacrifice fly was not the only missed opportunity for the Dodgers in the first six innings, but they believe that if they had taken the lead then, the outcome might have been different.

“I think that baserunning (on the sac fly) could have changed the momentum of the game. But it didn’t go our way,” Hernández said. “After a day off, we’ve been sluggish in the last two games. We can’t keep going like this. We have to be more consistent.”

It all felt too much like the Dodgers’ first two games last weekend in San Diego, where they scored only two runs and collected five hits total. After those losses, they bounced back to win the final game against the Padres and swept the Reds in three games.

Roberts did not see the same urgency carry over into this series against the Diamondbacks, who currently hold a sub-.500 record and are irrelevant in the divisional race. Over the past month, the Dodgers have played some of their better baseball against playoff contenders but have struggled badly against other teams.

With the Dodgers trying to maintain their division lead, Roberts wants to see his team approach every game this final month with a sense of urgency.

“I don’t like playing to the level of the opponent, but we haven’t brought it against teams we should be fired up for. Regardless of the opponent’s record, we should be ready for everybody,” he said. “So yeah, I don’t have an answer for it. No excuses.”