Dodgers wearing out their rally caps

The Dodgers are developing an annoying habit.

They put together a seven-game winning streak, won six games in a row last week, swept the Arizona Diamondbacks in four of those games, but the Dodgers trailed in five of their last seven games.

In a rare pair of back-to-back doubleheaders, the Dodgers won four games in a row against the Diamondbacks. In all of those games, the Dodgers trailed at one point or another.

In the first game, the Dodgers won 7-6 on Tuesday. They trailed 3-0 before rallying in the sixth inning. The Dodgers scored five runs in the sixth inning to take a 6-3 lead. Mookie Betts hit a two-run home run, Justin Turner hit a two-run home run and Trea Turner added a solo homer to put the Dodgers out front in Game 1 of the series and the first game of the doubleheader.

The Dodgers trailed 2-0 in the second game before Chris Taylor hit a two-run home run in the sixth inning. It gave the Dodgers a 5-2 lead en route to a 5-4 win.

The Dodgers won the third game of the series 12-3, but trailed 2-0 in the first inning of that one. The Dodger scored six runs in the second inning, capped by a three-run home run by Edwin Rios, and took an 8-2 lead.  

In the final game of the series against the Diamondbacks, the Dodgers won, 5-3, but had to rally from a 2-1 deficit. They scored four runs in the fourth inning to take a 5-2 lead.

Betts, Taylor, Rios and the Turner boys have been digging the Dodgers out of holes lately. It’s not the best way to win baseball games, but it’s been working for the Dodgers so far.

The Dodgers took their rallying ways to Philadelphia for a weekend series against the Phillies.

And while they won comfortably on Friday night, never trailing in a 4-1 win over the Phillies, and making the most out of a three-run home run by Justin Turner, they were back to their come-from-behind ways on Saturday.

The Dodgers won the game, 7-4, but not before the Phillies built a 4-1 lead and the Dodger bats woke up. Austin Barnes and Betts provided the pop. The Dodgers scored two runs in the eighth inning to break a 4-4 tie and added another run in the ninth off a solo homer from Barnes.

That was the seventh win in a row for the Dodgers who have a slight lead over those pesky San Diego Padres in the National League West standings after the first 40 games of the season.

The Padres closed to a half-game back in the standings after the Dodgers lost to the Phillies in extra innings, 4-3, on Sunday.

That was a reminder of a bad habit the Dodgers developed last season, losing extra-inning games. Hopefully losing in extra innings is a trend that won’t last too long for this year’s Dodgers.

Dodgers starter power rankings:

1. Tony Gonsolin
2. Tyler Anderson
3. Walker Buehler
4. Julio Urias
5. Ryan Pepiot

The Dodgers (27-13) travel to DC to start a three-game series against the Nationals on Monday and then head to Arizona for a four-game weekend series against the Diamondbacks.