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Strong-arm tactics work for Ryu again

LOS ANGELES_A jumble of noise inundated Dodger Stadium in the eighth inning Thursday night. From the stands, fans offered their full-throated approval of Hyun-Jin Ryu's latest masterful performance. And as they roared from their feet, the speakers beyond the center-field wall boomed with Kenley Jansen's entrance song.

The closer emerged from the Los Angeles Dodgers' bullpen earlier than usual. Jansen hadn't pitched since Monday and his relief peers hadn't elicited much trust in the interim. So Dodgers manager Dave Roberts avoided the rickety bridge to Jansen and

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