Teoscar’s Walk-Off Heroics Mask Alarming Dodgers’ Pitching Struggles in Marathon Win Over Mets

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García closed it out, completing his 2 ⅓ scoreless innings just minutes shy of 1 a.m. local time.

And while the result will certainly come at the future expense of a pitching staff already running on fumes, Roberts took solace in the way his other six relievers battled, relieved that any bigger-picture complications coming out of Friday at least weren’t squandered in what would have been a crushing late-night loss.

“There was some usage certainly that we’re going to talk through as far as protecting some downside in the next handful of days,” Roberts said of his overworked bullpen, which was already leading the majors in innings pitched entering the night.

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