PHOENIX -- The Dodgers' bullpen, pressed into emergency service after an early injury to starter Hyun-Jin Ryu, delivered its most important performance of the season thus far in Wednesday night's 2-1 win over the D-backs at Chase Field.
Ryu, the most consistent member of the rotation entering the game, sustained a strained left groin in the second inning with the Dodgers leading on a first-inning run -- the first of Alex Verdugo's two doubles was followed by Cody Bellinger's RBI single off Zack Godley.
Verdugo, starting in left field and batting second, also scored the other run in the eighth.