​Aug 7, 2026; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Edwin Diaz reacts after giving up a two run walk off home run by Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Ryan Waldschmidt in the ninth inning at Chase Field. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect The Dodgers came tantalizingly close to a win on Friday night, but Edwin Díaz saw a slider deposited over the wall for a two-run home run, turning a one-run lead into a stunning walk-off loss to the Diamondbacks.After the Dodgers’ seventh straight loss, manager Dave Roberts talked about Díaz, who since returning from the injured list has allowed four runs in three innings in his four appearances, including a home run in each of his last two games. From Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register:“I think that’s about right,” Roberts said of Diaz’s self-assessment. “I thought the fastball was good. I thought the fastball life was good, but the slider just isn’t having much effect. And he left one close to Waldschmidt, and he hit a homer.“He just hasn’t had the feel for that pitch since he got back. But the fastball seems to be getting better, command of it, the life of it. But the slider is something that – you’ve got to have something go left and get swing and miss with that pitch, too.”LinksJarrett Seidler at Baseball Prospectus looked at five potential industry-wide objections to the Dodgers trade for Tarik Skubal, learning that each had at least some kernel of truth to them.“I think the Dodgers and Tigers both accomplished what they needed to do here in the moment,” Seidler wrote. “Los Angeles ‘overpaid’ in terms of comparable trades, but they did so by moving players for whom they were unlikely to ever find room. The Tigers got a return that surpassed what I expected them to get.”Speaking of Skubal, he’s slated to start Monday against the Kansas City Royals in his first start at Dodger Stadium while with the Dodgers, followed by Blake Snell coming off the injured list to start Saturday. Fabian Ardaya at The Athletic has more.