Baseball: Sasaki battles through 5-1/3, earns win as Dodgers down Mariners

Roki Sasaki struck out seven over 5-1/3 innings of two-run ball for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Thursday's 6-2 win against the Seattle Mariners.The 24-year-old right-hander pitched five shutout innings before giving up two runs in the sixth, the second on a bases-loaded walk that spelled the end of his night.His strong early performance nevertheless set him up to earn the win and improve to 5-5 for the season.Sasaki allowed five hits and three walks, while throwing 61 of his 90 pitches for strikes at Dodger Stadium.He was able to work with a lead after Mookie Betts doubled home two runners i…READ FULL ARTICLE