The Dodgers , now 1.5 games behind St. Louis in the race for the second NL wild - card spot , have lost 18 of their previous 27 games .
Are still major players in this thing .
The Dodgers , now 1.5 games behind St. Louis in the race for the second NL wild - card spot , have lost 18 of their previous 27 games and are still major players in this thing .