Dodgers squander late lead as bullpen concerns begin

LOS ANGELES — After locking down his first save of the season Thursday afternoon, Tanner Scott gave a succinct summation as to what sparked his strong start to the season.“Don’t leave it middle-middle,” Scott quipped. “Middle-middle was terrible.”Unfortunately for Scott and the Los Angeles Dodgers, middle-middle was precisely where Scott’s pitch to Dansby Swanson wound up in the top of the ninth inning Friday night. Swanson turned on the four-seam fastball and crushed it 413 feet for a go-ahead two-run shot that decided the ballgame. The Cubs capped off their 10th consecutive win with six unanswered runs in the final three innings, stunning the Dodgers 6-4 for one of Los Angeles’ worst losses of the season. Legitimate concerns about a Dodgers bullpen without Edwin Díaz continue to form.Advertisement