2018 – Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen returns to the mound after missing two weeks because of an irregular heartbeat, but he allows a pair of 9th-inning homers to Jedd Gyorko and Matt Carpenter as Los Angeles loses 5 – 3 to St. Louis with the two clubs in a tight race for a wild card spot.

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2018 – Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen returns to the mound after missing two weeks because of an irregular heartbeat, but he allows a pair of 9th-inning homers to Jedd Gyorko and Matt Carpenter as Los Angeles loses 5 – 3 to St. Louis with the two clubs in a tight race for a wild card spot.

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