Betts takes ownership of 0-2 hole vs. D-Backs: 'There's no excuses'

Mookie Betts believes his lack of offensive production is one of the reasons the Los Angeles Dodgers are on the brink of elimination against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the NLDS.

"Nobody dreamed of this," Mookie Betts said after the Dodgers went down 0-2 in the best-of-five series with a second straight home loss in Game 2, according to Alden Gonzalez of ESPN. "But you got to play the cards that you're dealt."

He added: "All of us got to get going. We had a couple of opportunities, and we just didn't cash it in. For me and Freddie, that's kind of our role. We're not doing it. I take ownership in that. I just got to figure out a way, man. There's no excuses."

Betts, who will very likely end up as an NL MVP finalist, is slashing a combined .095/.231/.143 in 26 plate appearances over the last two playoff runs with the Dodgers.

"Obviously we're all frustrated, but the main thing we can do now is we just got to focus on the next game," Betts said. "They pitched well, and we're just not hitting. It's obviously frustrating, but you have to turn the page. You don't want to just keep harping on the things you didn't do."

Fellow superstar Freddie Freeman echoed his teammate's thoughts after the club scored just one run while stranding five runners between the fifth and sixth innings.

"I think it's more frustration upon ourselves," Freeman said, according to Juan Toribio of MLB.com. "The fifth and sixth innings, I think a lot of us aren't going to be able to sleep tonight. A couple pitches I missed will make me not sleep."

Game 3 of the series goes Wednesday at Arizona's Chase Field.