Justin Wrobleski answers adversity, delivers for Dodgers
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Justin Wrobleski (70) pitches against the Chicago Cubs in the first inning at Dodger Stadium. LOS ANGELES — The box score will remember it as six scoreless innings. The Dodgers clubhouse will remember it as something more revealing.
On a Sunday afternoon at Uniqlo Field at Dodger Stadium, Dodgers left-hander Justin Wrobleski didn’t just help secure a 6–0 win over the Chicago Cubs, he answered a question that had been quietly lingering at the edges of this rotation. What happens when things don’t come easy? Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Justin Wrobleski (70) pitches against the Chicago Cubs in the first inning at Dodger Stadium.
Jonathan Hui-Imagn Images Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Justin Wrobleski (70) pitches against the Chicago Cubs in the first inning at Dodger Stadium. For two innings, nothing about Wrobleski’s outing suggested dominance. It suggested survival.
51 pitches. Spotty command. Traffic.
The kind of labor that can unravel a young starter before the game even settles in. And then, just as quickly, it shifted. Wrobleski found a rhythm, not a perfect one, but a workable one.
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