The clean two-out single to center field that broke up Hyun-Jin Ryu's no-hitter with two outs in the fifth inning Tuesday night took the pressure off Dodgers manager Dave Roberts.
There would be no agonizing over whether to extend a starter who sat out virtually all of 2015 and 2016 because of shoulder and elbow injuries well beyond a reasonable pitch count, no flashbacks to the times Roberts removed Rich Hill from a perfect game and Ross Stripling from a no-hitter.
Oakland right fielder Stephen Piscotty eliminated that stress with his hard grounder up the middle, ending Ryu's bid for history.