LOS ANGELES – The Dodgers’ bullpen is like your WiFi connection. You notice it only when it doesn’t work.
The relief corps had quietly gone more than a week (191/3 innings) without allowing an earned run, stranding all 12 inherited runners along the way, before Manager Dave Roberts pulled Sunday’s starter Alex Wood after six strong innings.
A tie game didn’t stay that way. The St. Louis Cardinals scored three times in the seventh inning and avoided a sweep at Dodger Stadium with a 5-2 victory Sunday night.
“That’s how it works,” veteran reliever J.P. Howell said.