Dodgers all out of options for ailing bullpen

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BLAKE TREINEN struggled again on Sunday, but Dave Roberts still has trust in the reliever.

(ROBERT GAUTHIER Los Angeles Times)

be available to pitch would be on Wednesday.

With only six games remaining inthe regular season, Sasaki figures to pitch no more than twice for the Dodgers before the playoffs. That being the case, do the Dodgers plan to use him in highleverage situations to learn how he performs in late-inning situations?

“We're still trying to win games, and this would be his third outing in the ‘pen, first in the big leagues, so not sure,” Roberts said.

Then again, what's the alternative? Continue to run out Blake Treinen?

The most dependable reliever on the Dodgers’ World Series run last season, the 37-year-old Treinen was resigned to a twoyear, $22-million contract over the winter. He missed more than three months of this season with a forearm strain and hasn't rediscovered the form that made him a postseason hero. Treinenis 1-7 with a 5.55 earned-run average for the season and has taken a loss in five of his last seven games.