Dodgers manager Dave Roberts let Kenta Maeda go home Friday night before the team’s 13-inning record-setting marathon loss at Dodger Stadium finally ended. There wasn’t any use in Maeda witnessing a game bleed into the wee hours. Maeda’s job was to make sure the shenanigans didn’t cost the Dodgers another game Saturday.

The interminable loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks made a deep outing from Maeda more crucial than usual for the Dodgers. Roberts said the club had six of its eight relievers available Saturday, but five of those six had pitched Friday. Another long night for the bullpen would hamstring the Dodgers on Sunday when Walker Buehler is scheduled to make his season debut after a limited spring training.