Dodgers Defy the Odds in Drenched Marathon Victory—Can Their Shorthanded Pitching Survive the Brutal Stretch Ahead?

Instead, a combo of rain and extra innings forced Dodgers skipper Dave Roberts to use nearly every arm in his already exhausted bullpen. It was a pyrrhic victory of epic proportions.

When Luis García, the eighth pitcher of the night, recorded the final out of the game on a lineout in the bottom of the 13th, the Dodgers poured out onto the Citi Field dirt for a high-five line.

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But it’s hard to describe the night as a “win.”

“It’s a tough way to start the road trip, just like depleting the bullpen like that, obviously,” Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw said postgame. “But the Mets had to do the same thing, and they lost.”

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