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- Updated: October 1, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO — Some experiments work, some don’t.
Turning Brandon McCarthy into a relief pitcher one week before the start of the National League Division Series didn’t work, as his first bullpen outing in nine years Friday night turned into a six-batter, six-run disaster and a 9-3 loss to the Giants.
The result put the Dodgers on the brink of elimination for home-field advantage in the NLDS and McCarthy on the brink of being left off the roster for what would be his first postseason, after spending 1 1/2 years coming back from Tommy John surgery.
Given an inning to warm up and a clean inning to start, McCarthy walked Angel Pagan on four pitches. Brandon Crawford and Kelby Tomlinson singled to load the bases. Pinch-hitter Conor Gillaspie doubled home two, opposing pitcher Madison Bumgarner doubled in two and pinch-hitter Denard Span singled.
And McCarthy’s night was over.
“They just hit everything I threw,” said McCarthy. “I don’t have, other than angry, it was so fast and so violent I don’t know what emotions to …
