LOS ANGELES -- In baseball, there are certain things that are hard to find answers for. Perhaps one of the most perplexing things this season is the fact that the Dodgers, a team loaded with talent, can’t seem to find a way to win in extra innings.

The Dodgers came into Friday’s game with a 1-11 record in extras this season, by far the worst mark in the Majors. It didn’t get any better as they dropped their 11th straight extra-inning game, 4-3, in 10 innings against the Angels at Dodger Stadium.

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The 11 consecutive losses are one shy of tying the 1969 Expos for the longest such losing streak in a single season in Major League history. That Expos team lost 110 games.

“That is kind of weird, especially since we’re 20-plus games over .500,” said Dodgers starter David Price. “We know we’re a very good team, we just need to play better in extra-inning games.”

Price was efficient in his start, allowing the Dodgers to get off to an early 2-0 lead. The veteran left-hander regained his velocity on his four-seam fastball and utilized his changeup to record seven swings and misses on the pitch.

The issue for Price was the home run ball. Price allowed solo homers to José Iglesias and Jack Mayfield, ultimately ending his night after 5 1/3 innings, his second-longest outing of the season.

With Clayton Kershaw out until September, Tony Gonsolin still battling shoulder issues and Cole Hamels and Danny Duffy still unavailable, the Dodgers are going to desperately need Price to log effective innings over the next couple of weeks. Friday was an encouraging sign for Price.

“I kept my pitch count down and I could have gone deeper into the game,” Price said. “I just gave up two big hits to those two guys and that was kind of the difference for us.”

What isn’t encouraging for the Dodgers is their play in extras this season. It took just two pitches for the Angels to take a 3-2 lead as Iglesias smacked an RBI double off Garrett Cleavinger. Three batters later, Mayfield drove in another run on a flare that bounced off Max Muncy’s glove.

In the bottom half of the 10th, Corey Seager drove in Justin Turner on a sacrifice fly to cut the deficit to one run. The Dodgers had the tying run in scoring position for AJ Pollock, who had extended his career-long hitting streak to 14 games earlier in the night, but Angels closer Raisel Iglesias was able to get Pollock to ground out to third to end the game.

“There’s no explanation,” said Dodgers manager Dave Roberts on the team’s extra-inning record. “I think tonight Iglesias lined the ball and got a guy over and drilled them in. And Max had a tough play going back on the ball. That’s how this one played out. … But I don’t have an explanation for the 1-12 [record].”

One explanation for the Dodgers’ struggles is the fact that the pitching staff has struggled to put up zeroes in extras. With the two runs allowed in the 10th inning on Friday, the Dodgers have allowed at least one run in each of their last 14 extra innings. The runner starting on second base makes it much easier for the offense to score, but the Dodgers’ pitching staff will have to do a better job of that moving forward.

The other issue for the Dodgers is that they haven’t taken advantage of run-scoring opportunities early in games. That was the case again on Friday, as the Dodgers went 2-for-12 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.

“We had scoring opportunities and situational opportunities that we came up short,” Roberts said. “For me, that’s the story. You’re not always going to slug, so at times, you have to manufacture runs.”