The Los Angeles Dodgers insist there’s no panic in their clubhouse. The standings are still in their favor, and October remains the ultimate goal. But after Monday night’s 9-3 loss to the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium, it’s hard to ignore that something is off with this team.

The Giants didn’t just win—they exposed every crack that has formed during what has quietly become one of the Dodgers’ roughest stretches of the season. Three straight losses. Thirteen defeats in their last 23 games. And perhaps most concerning: an offense that suddenly looks ordinary.

“We’re in a funk right now,” admitted Max Muncy after the game.

The Dodgers have now scored three runs or fewer in nine of their last 12 games. On Monday, the lineup struggled to build any meaningful pressure, save for a brief middle-inning surge carried almost entirely by Muncy, who remains one of the few consistent threats in the lineup.

Shohei Ohtani’s struggles have become impossible to overlook. He went 0-for-5 on Monday and is now 4-for-38 over his last 11 games. Even more startling, he hasn’t hit a home run in his last 111 at-bats. For a player who can change the energy of an entire stadium with one swing, his at-bats now feel tense, rushed, and unusually vulnerable.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts acknowledged after the game that Ohtani has become “too anxious” at the plate, leading to a steady stream of pulled ground balls. Roberts added that Ohtani will get a mental breather later this week, sitting out Wednesday and Thursday around his next pitching start. The Dodgers need him to reset—because right now, the offense is searching for an identity.

For five innings, it looked like Roki Sasaki might give them enough breathing room to survive. Sasaki turned in one of his sharper outings of the season, retiring eight straight batters at one point and limiting San Francisco’s damage to a solo home run by Rafael Devers. But the Dodgers’ bats couldn’t back him up, and the Giants pulled away late.

For a team built on star power and offensive depth, this stretch is a reminder that even the best lineups hit rough patches. The key now is how quickly they can snap out of it—because in a tight division race, every game counts.