Landon Knack has been a human life preserver for the Dodgers, an unsung rookie right-hander who has helped keep the rotation afloat when seas get a little rough.
With Tyler Glasnow, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Gavin Stone and Clayton Kershaw on the injured list, the Dodgers summoned the 27-year-old right-hander from triple-A Oklahoma City for the fifth time this season, and Knack did what he usually does — give his team a chance to win, this time with a six-inning, two-run, three-hit, eight-strikeout start.
But Knack’s quality start could not match the one delivered by Matthew Boyd, the Cleveland left-hander who held a prolific Dodgers offense to one run and three hits in six innings of the Guardians’ 3-1 victory in Dodger Stadium on Friday night.