LOS ANGELES -- Edgardo Henriquez was one strike away from keeping the Dodgers in it. His team trailing by two runs in the seventh with runners on the corners -- and fresh off two hitless innings with two strikeouts two nights ago -- all the 23-year-old flamethrower had to do was put Vladimir Guerrero Jr. away.

Or with a base open, a walk wouldn’t have been the worst thing in the world -- except for the way it happened.

On the sixth pitch, Henriquez threw a 99.9 mph fastball. It hooked way left for ball four, past the glove of Will Smith. Guerrero took first, Addison Barger scored from third, and things snowballed from there.

It’s a theme that’s shown up repeatedly throughout the season for the Dodgers -- and it reared its head again in a 6-1 loss to the Blue Jays in Game 5 of the W

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