Kimbrel has given up 12 runs in the past 13 games as he struggles to fill the closer role.
LOS ANGELES – The Dodgers acquired Craig Kimbrel so they would have something to which they had been accustomed — a veteran closer to hand the ball to in ninth innings.
Kimbrel entered a tie game Sunday afternoon and gave up two runs in the ninth as the Cleveland Guardians came from behind to beat the Dodgers 5-3. Sunday’s game started to unravel when Kimbrel walked Oscar Gonzalez with one out in the ninth. Josh Naylor followed and sliced a ball down the right field line.
He dropped a fly ball in the second inning, leading to the Guardians’ first run. Naylor’s line drive might have been catchable only with Betts in right field — and possibly wearing a jet pack. It dropped in to put runners at second and third.
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