Author: Juan Toribio
Published on: 2022-05-23 20:59:02
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WASHINGTON — When the Dodgers signed Tyler Anderson to a one-year deal in March, the left-hander was expected to be insurance for a pitching staff that had a lot of question marks entering the season.
With Clayton Kershaw and Andrew Heaney on the injured list, the Dodgers have relied on Anderson more heavily than they initially thought. On Monday, the left-hander delivered with his best outing as a Dodger, striking out eight over eight scoreless innings in the Dodgers’ 10-1 rout of the last-place Nationals at Nationals Park.
“You have to give credit to Tyler to come into this situation where he was essentially out of the bullpen and buying into what we asked of him if something were to happen,” said Dodgers manager Dave Roberts. “And it’s been big because I don’t know where we would be without him.”