In their decisive 15-2 victory over the Miami Marlins, the Los Angeles Dodgers employed a bullpen game featuring Jack Dreyer as an opener and Matt Sauer as a bulk pitcher. Sauer pitched five innings, allowing just one run and earning his first Major League win, significantly relieving the workload on the bullpen. Manager Dave Roberts praised Sauer's pivotal performance amid concerns about the bullpen's heavy usage. Sauer expressed his goal to assist the team and planned to gift the game ball to his parents as a keepsake of his achievement.
I can't say enough about his performance. Got his first Major League win, which was great. And to chew up five innings was big, efficient.
I knew that the bullpen has been used a lot, and so coming in today, I just had a goal of at least five innings, help the boys down in the 'pen a little bit.
Everyone was really happy about it. The bullpen especially came up to me, all of them congratulated me. So it was just awesome to do.
The scorecard they gave me, it'll go straight to my parents. My parents hold on to all that stuff for me.
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