LOS ANGELES -- Kenley Jansen made his 2015 season debut for the Dodgers on Friday night, pitching the eighth inning instead of the ninth as manager Don Mattingly wanted to ease his closer back into action three months removed from foot surgery.
Jansen made the eighth inning all his own, tying the major league record with four strikeouts in an inning. That feat was possible because on his first strikeout, of Carlos Gonzalez, the final pitch got away from catcher Yasmani Grandal for a passed ball, allowing Gonzalez to reach base.