After another disappointing, bullpenny loss, the Dodgers send Alex Wood to try to stop the bleeding against the Diamondbacks.
Wood was the worst of the Dodgers’ starters the first time through the rotation, and that was more due to the excellence of the starting pitching through five games than Wood. Wood cruised through four innings before giving up three runs in the fifth and putting two runners on in the sixth, both of whom scored off Yimi Garcia. The third time through the order tends to be a bugaboo for many young pitchers, and last year batters slashed .