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Dodgers use bullpen game to beat Giants. Why more are expected this season

Clayton Kershaw would have loved to see Tyler Glasnow square off against Logan Webb on Tuesday night. A national television audience on TBS, surely, would have too. Instead, in the Dodgers’ 5-4 win against the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium, it was Webb vs. Ryan Brasier… and Ryan Yarbrough… and Michael Grove … and the two other pitchers the Dodgers used in the first of what is likely ...
The Los Angeles Dodgers' Mookie Betts celebrates his solo home run with teammate Shohei Ohtani against the San Francisco Giants in the third inning at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, in Los Angeles.

Clayton Kershaw would have loved to see Tyler Glasnow square off against Logan Webb on Tuesday night.

A national television audience on TBS, surely, would have too.

Instead, in the Dodgers’ 5-4 win against the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium, it was Webb vs. Ryan Brasier… and Ryan Yarbrough… and Michael Grove … and the two other pitchers the Dodgers used in the first of what is likely to be many bullpen games this year.

“We’ve been doing it for quite some time,” manager Dave Roberts said. “I think we’ve been a lot of trailblazers for some ideas that have come with some resistance.”

Indeed, anyone surprised that the club was already

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