Wood’s 13-K performance goes to waste

SAN DIEGO — Dodgers pitchers struck out 19 opposing batters and Clayton Kershaw never left the dugout.

And they lost anyway.

When a team is struggling, a starting pitcher like Alex Wood can fan a career-high 13 in only six-plus innings, something no Dodgers pitcher has ever done, then watch the game get away from 34-year-old Taiwanese journeyman reliever Chin-hui Tsao, who walked the last three batters he faced in the 11th inning in San Diego’s 3-2 walk-off-walk win.

“We’re finding different ways to lose games and I haven’t seen this one,” said Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, whose club has lost four straight and six of seven, dropping 4 1/2 games out of first. “It’s a tough one and to try to defend it, having a hard time.”

One night after closer Kenley Jansen served up Melvin Upton Jr.’s walk-off homer, Roberts defended his use of Tsao, who wasn’t even invited to Major League camp in Spring Training, but was promoted this week as a reinforcement for the beleaguered bullpen.

“He had two outs and the wheels came off a …

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