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“That guy is gross,” reliever Tanner Scott said.

On a night when the hitters crushed five home runs and Blake Snell completed seven innings, the relievers continued to be as terrible as they were during the regular season.

The Dodgers’ road to success is clear: more of the starters, less of the erratic relievers, and less need to lean on Glasnow and Sheehan in an unfamiliar role.

If anything, the troublesome eighth inning eliminated certain relievers from consideration to pitch in in the highest-leverage of situations.

Of course, Roberts had to eventually crack that left-field door, and disaster very nearly occurred when three Dodger relievers accounted for four walks that led to three eighth-inning runs.