On Saturday at Dodger Stadium, 23-year-old right-hander Roki Sasaki took the mound for the fourth start of his highly anticipated rookie season and delivered his best performance yet, allowing just one run over five innings of work. Unfortunately for his team, Sasaki’s strongest start to this point was also the first one to result in an L.A. loss.

Sasaki completed five innings for the first time in the big leagues with just one run in a laugher of a 16-0 loss to the Cubs.

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts is not yet committing to the Roki Sasaki/Austin Barnes Barnes battery long-term.