The lights went out at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday night, and a brief power outage plunged Chavez Canyon into darkness for a few seconds in the bottom of the ninth.

The same cannot be said for the Dodgers bullpen. The Dodgers’ bullpen sprayed far more gasoline than flame retardant this season, scoring six more in the final two innings of an 8-4 crushing loss to the Chicago Whites in front of a crowd of 44,442. was set on fire.

Clayton Kershaw threw 97 pitches, allowing 6 hits, 2 runs, 5 strikeouts, 2 walks, and avoiding 3 disastrous interferences to survive a tough 6 innings, and the 35-year-old left-hander is next at bat. rice field. The Dodgers scored four runs in the sixth inning to take a 4-2 lead.

However, right-hander Yenci Almonte doubled the game in the eighth inning by Eloy Jimenez, tied the game with a two-run homer by Jake Berger, hit a batter, and was replaced by left-hander Alex Becia, who allowed a run on a wild pitch. He hit Clint Frazier to give the White Sox a 5-4 lead.

After that, Taylor Scott and Victor Gonzalez gave up 4 hits and 3 runs in the 9th inning, and Jimenez’s RBI and Andrew Benintendi’s 2-run lead gave Chicago an 8-4 lead.

By the time the smoke cleared, the Dodgers bullpen, which had the second-best 2.87 ERA last season, had the second-worst 4.90 ERA in baseball, and Manager Dave Roberts was outraged.

“It’s very depressing,” said Roberts. “Clayton threw hard and competed. He didn’t have anything, but he went through six innings. We took the lead and we let it go. We had that game.” We cannot afford to lose to

Almonte seemed to find his way after a rocky start to the season, allowing one earned run in nine of his last nine games, but he made it through the seventh inning without difficulty, taking the team down on just 10 pitches. made me step down.

With right-handed hitters Jimenez and Berger scheduled in the eighth inning, Roberts tried to get two more outs from Almonte.

“It wasn’t two innings. It was a back and forth with two more hitters,” Roberts said. “Considering what he did, [in the seventh],It’s easy. It just didn’t work. ”

Jimenez doubled to right-center, and Berger, who hit a solo homer off Kershaw in the second inning, turned on the up-and-in 84 mph slider for a high two-run shot. He scored a left field foul pole to tie the score at 4-4.

“Oh, I missed a spot,” said Almonte, who has a 6.75 ERA. “It was a slider that goes up and comes in. A slider is not a throw that goes up and comes in. I felt that I was able to throw a really good ball in the 7th inning.” Unfortunately, they tied the match. ”

Becia hit Benintendi for Almonte. A wild pitch sent Benintendi to second base. Bashir struck out Yasmani Grandal, but Frazier hit a RBI in front of the middle to take a 5-4 lead.

Brusdahl Glateror, one of the team’s top three relievers, came on for Beshear. Elvis Andrus hit a ground ball with a fielder’s choice and was thrown for a double steal attempt to end the inning.

Would Roberts consider starting Grateror in eight innings instead of Almonte?

“Oh yes,” he said. “But you throw a few balls [in the seventh] Then you’re going to get out there and catch two hitters. I don’t think it’s a big question. ”

The ninth inning was equally ugly, with Scott walking the batter, allowing a double to Luis Robert Jr. and an RBI to Jimenez. González was hit by Benintendi with two outs on second and third base, replacing Scott for two runs.

Neither Scott nor Gonzalez played a prominent role last season, but many of the successful relievers, including Evan Phillips, Caleb Ferguson, Grateror, Almonte and Becia, have shoulders on their shoulders this season.

“It’s very frustrating,” said Roberts. “It’s not the amount of work. It’s not the wrong lane or the right lane. They need to get better. Period.”

In the second inning, Kershaw escaped from a two-out, bases-loaded pinch by hitting Tim Anderson on a grounder on third base, and in the fourth inning, he made a nice play on Anderson’s dribbler in front of the mound to escape a two-out, second and third base pinch. , charged the ball, grabbed it with his bare hands, and fired first to end the inning.

The White Sox had no outs on second base in the sixth inning, but Kershaw struck out Grandal on a 124 mph curve and Frazier hit an 87 mph slider and grounded Andrus to keep the lead 2-0. rice field.

The Dodgers scored back four in the bottom of the sixth. It was a rough inning that started with singles by David Peralta, Chris Taylor and Jason Hayward and included a throwing error that scored on Chicago right fielder Clint Frazier’s RBI grounder. Austin Barnes and White Sox manager Pedro Griffol sent off.

Mookie Betts hit a two-run shot to right field off former teammate Joe Kelly to give the Dodgers a 4-2 lead, and Freddie Freeman walked the bases with one out. But JD Martinez struck out and Peralta grounded out, making for a frustrating night of offense with the Dodgers going 2-for-13 with runners in scoring position.

The Dodgers put runners on first and third base in the fifth inning, but Betts and Freeman missed White Sox starter Mike Clevinger’s first pitch, sending Betts to first and Freeman to third.

Clevinger left the game after injuring his arm on a pitch to Martinez (right-hander Clevinger was diagnosed with right bicep pain), but relief pitcher Gregory Santos struck out Martinez on the first pitch to close the inning. finished.

The Dodgers hurt Santos and Aaron Bummer in the sixth, but were unable to damage the White Sox bullpen in the final three innings. Then the Dodgers bullpen exploded in the eighth inning.

“I think you can look at this two ways,” Kershaw said of the plight of the team’s relief staff. “Losing is not fun, especially in the late game. But we keep fighting and put ourselves in a position to win games. I guess I have to say it would, but it’s definitely a challenge to lose late, no doubt.”