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Los Angeles Dodgers preserve some pitchers in Game 4 loss

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NEW YORK -- As the game evolved and the margin shrank, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was confronted with an interesting choice -- the type one hardly confronts in the high-stakes environment of a World Series. One was to use his best relievers in hopes that his offense might come all the way back, giving himself the best possible opportunity to clinch a title. The other was to essentially punt, utilizing lower-leverage relievers to save his best arms for another day.

Roberts clearly chose the latter approach in Wednesday's 11-4, Game 4 loss to the New York Yankees.