The Los Angeles Dodgers are in the midst of a brutal stretch, and their latest loss to the San Francisco Giants only deepens the concern. On Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium, the Dodgers fell 6-2, marking their fourth straight defeat—and all by at least four runs. That dubious feat ties a franchise record last set by the Brooklyn Dodgers way back in 1936.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto had a night to forget. Despite striking out eight and walking none over six innings, the right-hander surrendered three solo home runs—all with two outs. It was the first time in his 67 MLB appearances (66 starts) that he allowed three homers in a game. Two of those came off the bat of Giants catcher Eric Haase, a surprising development given that San Francisco entered the game ranked 28th out of 30 teams with just 30 home runs on the season.

The Dodgers' offense, meanwhile, continues to sputter. In the first inning, they loaded the bases with one out on two hits and a hit batter, offering a glimmer of hope. Will Smith then crushed a drive to the right-field wall, but Giants center fielder Jung Hoo Lee made a spectacular leaping catch—echoing a similar robbery of Max Muncy just days earlier. Shohei Ohtani did score on the sacrifice fly, but that was all the damage the Dodgers could muster.

Yamamoto started the seventh inning at just 84 pitches, but things quickly unraveled. Heliot Ramos led off with a double, followed by a single from Willy Adames. After one out, Yamamoto was pulled for Blake Treinen. A botched bunt by Drew Gilbert—not fielded cleanly by charging first baseman Freddie Freeman—allowed a run to score. Andy Pages then made a leaping catch at the center-field wall, narrowly preventing what would have been a third home run for Haase. But Lee doubled home two more runs, adding the kind of insurance the Dodgers' offense can only dream of providing right now.

Manager Dave Roberts didn't mince words before the game. "We do need to get better. We are not performing up to expectations," he said. "The work's been consistent, the expectation for it to turn is there." For a team with championship aspirations, this losing streak is a wake-up call—and a reminder that even the best need to regroup and refocus.