The Dodgers alleviated one big roster question Saturday night.
But, in a 6-5 extra-innings loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, another personnel concern quickly surfaced in its place.
The good news for the team: Yoshinobu Yamamoto rebounded from his disastrous debut in Korea, spinning five shutout innings in his first career start at Dodger Stadium.
Mookie Betts also maintained his blistering early-season pace, helping the Dodgers erase a late three-run deficit with three hits, including a ninth-inning homer, before the Dodgers ultimately left the bases loaded in the 10th inning to end the game.
The bad news for the team: Their biggest bullpen weakness — a lack of reliable options to deploy against left-handed hitting — blew up in their face during a seventh-inning collapse.