The Dodgers figured Jack Flaherty would feel right at home when they acquired him from the Detroit Tigers on July 30. They weren’t necessarily expecting a 103-degree temperature at first pitch at home, something that had never happened in Dodger Stadium history before Sunday.
Perhaps it figures that the Los Angeles native would be up to the task of pitching in extreme heat.
Flaherty pitched into the eighth inning for the first time in seven starts since the trade — a godsend for a team that used a bullpen game to beat the Guardians the day before.