L.A. Times reports:
Boos accompanied Kenley Jansen’s every step from the mound
to the dugout. For the sixth time this season, the Dodgers closer had blown a save opportunity. Once again, the home fans let him have it.
During last week’s trip, when he tossed two scoreless appearances in non-save opportunities, it looked as if Jansen had turned a corner after the latest rocky stretch in his inconsistent season.
When the right-hander took the mound Wednesday night, in a game in which starter Walker Buehler threw seven innings for his seventh scoreless start of the season, it looked like Will Smith’s fourth-inning home run was all the offense the Dodgers would need.
But Jansen couldn’t put away Rowdy Tellez with one out in the ninth. The Toronto Blue Jays first baseman worked the count full, then fouled off a four-seam fastball and cutter down-and-in. On the eighth pitch, Jansen tried to bury another cutter inside. Tellez got to it and lined it over the right-field wall to tie the score.
“Went to the well one too many times,” manager Dave Roberts said. “It wasn’t a bad pitch, but when you give a guy like that — who has some power — multiple looks in the same quadrant, it decreases your margin.”
An inning later, Max Muncy bailed out his closer with a scorching line-drive home run of his own, handing the Dodgers a 2-1 win with his 11th walk-off of the year.
“I was looking for something out over the plate that I could get extended on,” said Muncy, who has homered in five straight games to increase his season total to 33. “He left something out there for me.”
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