An unsettling theme for the Los Angeles Dodgers this season has been the bullpen’s consistent inability to protect a lead, no matter which relievers manager Dave Roberts has turned to. On Tuesday night, Adam Liberatore was the culprit.
He entered in the seventh inning, with the Dodgers clinging to a 3-2 lead. He immediately allowed a leadoff single, then a base hit to John Ryan Murphy. Daniel Descalso followed with a two-run triple.
The Dodgers lost their lead in the blink of an eye, and Liberatore was removed after throwing just seven pitches and failing to retire any of the batters he faced.