{"id":120100,"date":"2024-10-30T15:07:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T08:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120100"},"modified":"2024-10-30T15:07:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T08:07:44","slug":"los-angeles-dodgers-preserve-some-pitchers-in-game-4-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120100","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Dodgers preserve some pitchers in Game 4 loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/i\/columnists\/full\/gonzalez_alden.png&amp;h=80&amp;w=80&amp;scale=crop\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff Writer<span class=\"timestamp \">Oct 30, 2024, 01:26 AM ET<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\"><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016.<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW YORK &#8212; As Game 4 evolved and the margin shrank, <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"fb7cf413-5156-9fc2-abe0-2273b89f70db\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/lad\/los-angeles-dodgers\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> manager Dave Roberts was confronted with an interesting choice &#8212; the type one hardly confronts in the high-stakes environment of a World Series. One was to use his best relievers in hopes his offense might come all the way back, giving the Dodgers the best possible opportunity to clinch a title. The other was to essentially punt, utilizing lower-leverage relievers to save his best arms for another day.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts clearly chose the latter approach in Tuesday&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/game\/_\/gameId\/401701042\/dodgers-yankees\">11-4 loss<\/a> to the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"2b9cedf3-ce60-0bcf-fafe-8cd055255685\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/nyy\/new-york-yankees\">New York Yankees<\/a>. The hope &#8212; with his team still up 3-1 and a win away from a championship &#8212; is that it will pay off in the very near future.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s challenging,&#8221; Roberts said. &#8220;I think you&#8217;ve got to be certain that you can score some runs. Certainly any guy we use tonight would have not been able to pitch tomorrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers burned through six high-leverage relievers who combined to throw 100 pitches in Monday&#8217;s Game 3. It earned them a victory that provided a commanding lead in this best-of-seven series, but it severely compromised the bullpen game that would be staged 24 hours later.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers used unheralded <a data-player-guid=\"3b48a885-f535-370a-b750-b630c5e4527a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4326800\/ben-casparius\">Ben Casparius<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"3eca5509-a7ca-3f57-9997-80c64ea337db\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4417826\/landon-knack\">Landon Knack<\/a> to tackle six of Game 4&#8217;s first seven innings, during which they gave up only two runs. When the eighth inning arrived, L.A. trailed by  two. But rather than pluck from his group of high-leverage arms &#8212; fronted by <a data-player-guid=\"d07aca8d-d70c-454d-65d3-178301a834d4\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/32185\/blake-treinen\">Blake Treinen<\/a>, who warmed up in Game 3 but did not pitch &#8212; Roberts handed the ball to <a data-player-guid=\"5babd686-29fb-eeed-c321-5ef4014c0942\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/33838\/brent-honeywell\">Brent Honeywell<\/a>, a long reliever who did yeoman&#8217;s work by bailing out the bullpen in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series but is nonetheless low in the pecking order.<\/p>\n<p>Honeywell proceeded to give up five runs, turning Game 4 into a rout.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if it was tempting to chase a victory in that situation, Roberts said: &#8220;No. Not 6-4 in the eighth it wasn&#8217;t. No.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers&#8217; bullpen limits first presented themselves much earlier. <a data-player-guid=\"56c5b82d-6d6a-fcbb-234f-1822a821f15e\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/30193\/freddie-freeman\">Freddie Freeman<\/a> had once again provided an early lead for L.A. with a two-run homer in the first inning to set a record by hitting a home run in six consecutive World Series games dating to 2021, when he was with the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"122673a3-bf06-4432-6950-b8a32e52ac2e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/atl\/atlanta-braves\">Atlanta Braves<\/a>. But the Yankees tacked on a run in the second and went off for four more in the third against <a data-player-guid=\"0186af36-8af9-7c56-5c41-86af8458a994\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/30376\/daniel-hudson\">Daniel Hudson<\/a>, the only high-leverage reliever the Dodgers wound up using in Game 4.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Hudson, who also threw 22 pitches in Game 3, plunked <a data-player-guid=\"e3e39e69-2861-f5b5-49be-b0880534c802\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/33192\/aaron-judge\">Aaron Judge<\/a>, gave up a single to <a data-player-guid=\"7510f63d-c06d-286c-6f35-dabf28982aa5\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/41433\/jazz-chisholm-jr\">Jazz Chisholm Jr.<\/a>, walked <a data-player-guid=\"85fd807f-1324-d722-3965-eece0c5ad858\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/30583\/giancarlo-stanton\">Giancarlo Stanton<\/a> and, after getting <a data-player-guid=\"26cdda29-3dc0-d40e-0010-2dcf6b973b90\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/30782\/anthony-rizzo\">Anthony Rizzo<\/a> to pop up for the second out, was tagged for a grand slam by <a data-player-guid=\"9a98f8e9-c371-32a1-ac9d-040b12582b8d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/42547\/anthony-volpe\">Anthony Volpe<\/a>, giving the Yankees a 5-2 lead. That third inning, Roberts said, was Hudson&#8217;s to take down, regardless of how it went.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That was his inning,&#8221; Roberts said. &#8220;I think he was at 20 pitches, something like that. He had Volpe up, so I&#8217;m not going to get somebody in the third inning to get Volpe when he just popped a guy up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers successfully used a bullpen game to keep their season alive in Game 4 of the NL Division Series then again to clinch a pennant in Game 6 of the NLCS. But it also backfired in Game 2 of the NLCS and in Game 4 of this round. They&#8217;re now done with that. If the World Series extends far enough to return to Los Angeles, the Dodgers will have <a data-player-guid=\"8f8c5b6b-ec0b-39fe-bf1d-871f55b0e5e6\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4872587\/yoshinobu-yamamoto\">Yoshinobu Yamamoto<\/a> set to take the ball in Game 6 and <a data-player-guid=\"4f3a9a2c-768f-e9fe-0ae2-175d62644ea4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/39251\/walker-buehler\">Walker Buehler<\/a> in line to start a winner-take-all Game 7.<\/p>\n<p>Before that, for Game 5 at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday night, it&#8217;ll be <a data-player-guid=\"e090802a-fb1e-4a03-44e9-751adebdcfcb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/33837\/jack-flaherty\">Jack Flaherty<\/a> against Yankees ace <a data-player-guid=\"af61347b-c222-7604-92c0-be4da7756430\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/32081\/gerrit-cole\">Gerrit Cole<\/a>. But Flaherty will have help. Treinen, who has been used for four or more outs four times in this postseason, will be four days removed from his last appearance. <a data-player-guid=\"dc6ab668-976f-dedd-14dc-212f16bf2161\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/40965\/brusdar-graterol\">Brusdar Graterol<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"264b159e-992e-3f7d-83d4-c60f034b8dfc\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/42622\/alex-vesia\">Alex Vesia<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"83a57949-183e-9a5e-3025-8973a2277948\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/34542\/anthony-banda\">Anthony Banda<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"2e8556c6-523d-6afe-ac01-c0c23b432fa4\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/30189\/ryan-brasier\">Ryan Brasier<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"e80cc5ba-11b7-24b4-d2b0-b2f202e4470c\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/33763\/michael-kopech\">Michael Kopech<\/a> will be available after a day off, with another one to follow, if needed.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers essentially lost one game in hopes it will help them win another.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We knew it was a bullpen game,&#8221; Roberts said. &#8220;As far as outcomes &#8212; to have six guys in your pen that are feeling good, rested, I feel good about that. 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