What has the Dodgers offense tied up in knots?

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LOS ANGELES — You can hide a lot of things behind a mountain range, like an entire baseball team’s offensive woes.

When the Los Angeles Dodgers traveled to the Front Range to face the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field last weekend, the perception when they came home was that whatever had ailed the bats before a visit to the mile-high city of Denver was left gasping for breath in the thin air.

Now that the Dodgers are home, that stagnant offense has returned.

In losing their third consecutive game against the Miami Marlins this week, things have only gotten worse each day for the Dodgers. They have scored just five runs in two games against a team that not only entered the series with a record under .500, but are still under the break-even point at 9-11.

The Dodgers lost Wednesday’s game 2-0 against a Marlins pitcher in Justin Nicolino who was making his 2016 debut. That defeat came after a 6-3 loss on Tuesday and a 3-2 defeat Monday.

The Dodgers are trying to figure out why their bats are scuffling right now. Gary A. Vasquez/USA TODAY Sports

“You could see guys pressing a little bit,” manager Dave Roberts said. “You could see some hard contact out there, but when (hits) aren’t falling, you start looking at your last three, four games. Some guys are looking at their average and not getting hits. When feel like you need to get a hit, it gets tougher. I think guys are coming out of the strike zone a little bit more that they used to.”

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