ST. LOUIS — It has been a slow week for the Dodgers’ offense.

Starting with soft-tossing left-hander Ryan Yarbrough on Sunday, the Dodgers have faced a series of starting pitchers equipped with offspeed arsenals rather than high-octane fastballs. The latest, veteran right-hander Sonny Gray, took a shutout into the seventh inning as the Dodgers lost, 5-0, to the St. Louis Cardinals in a game that was delayed 77 minutes at the start by rain.

The Dodgers have been held to 17 runs over the past six games while facing starting pitchers Yarbrough, Paul Blackburn, Tylor Megill, Griffin Canning, David Peterson and Gray. Only Megill and Canning reached the major-league average for fastball velocity this season (93.8 mph) – Canning relied more on his slider and changeup than his fastball and Megil

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