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Dodgers’ pitching strategy pays off in walk-off win Tigers

Martinez, right, celebrates his solo home run against the Detroit Tigers during the fourth inning at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers used reliever Caleb Ferguson as an “opener” for rookie right-hander Ryan Pepiot on Tuesday night, a strategy the team could employ liberally this October to help compensate for an injury depleted and inexperienced rotation.

By starting Ferguson for the fifth time this season, the left-hander faced the top of the Detroit Tigers order, with Pepiot entering in the second inning to face No. 5 hitter Kerry Carpenter. Ferguson struck out three of four batters but gave up a solo homer to Spencer Torkelson.

Pepiot then continued his push for a more prominent playoff role, escaping a first-and-third, no-out jam in the seventh to complete a six-inning, one-run,

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