The Dodgers breathed a tad easier Tuesday, even if it was on a night they were falling 2-0 to the A’s.
They could do absolutely nothing with Oakland right-hander Sonny Gray, who shut them out with a three-hitter, but more encouraging for the long haul was the pitching of their own Brett Anderson.
Anderson left the last game he started a week ago in Atlanta in the third inning when he strained his left Achilles’ tendon. Given his long history of injury, fears that a rotation already down two starters might lose are third, were difficult to fight ignore.