WASHINGTON —
After weeks of worrisome late-game blunders, there was finally some redemption for the Dodgers bullpen Tuesday night.
On a night their starting pitcher failed to complete five innings, and their lineup managed only one run before the final couple frames, it was five other numbers that keyed a 4-1 Dodgers win over the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park.
0. 0. 0. 0. 0.
As in, the five goose eggs the Dodgers once-struggling bullpen put on the scoreboard.
Entering the night, the bullpen had been among the biggest concerns of the Dodgers’ underwhelming 13-11 start to the year.