‘It’s going to turn’ for slumping Austin Barnes, Dodgers manager believes

BOSTON — It was bad timing.
With two on and one out in a 3-1 game Friday night, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts did not pinch hit for Austin Barnes in the seventh inning. Barnes struck out, extending a 3-for-33 slump and dropping his batting average to .203.
At the same time in Memphis, Will Smith was hitting two home runs for Triple-A Oklahoma City, raising his average with OKC to .282, his OPS to .989 with 16 home runs and 44 RBI in 54 games there. Smith, of course, also has two walkoff hom