Milwaukee and Los Angeles were scoreless in the top of the fourth on August 13, but Drohan and Sasaki had not arrived there the same way. Drohan finished three innings on 41 pitches with no walks and four strikeouts, while Sasaki was already at 62 pitches through 3.1 innings with three walks and no strikeouts. That arithmetic does not predict what either bullpen will do, but it makes the handoff point more interesting than the 0-0 score: which lineup forces the opposing starter out first? https://statsapi.mlb.com/api/v1/game/823915/boxscore
Does 0-0 hide a starter workload gap?
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The early pitch-count gap pointed the wrong way on the handoff. Drohan exited first after 5.1 innings and 85 pitches, while Sasaki completed six on 101, so Los Angeles forced Milwaukee to the bullpen first despite Sasaki's heavier start. The Dodgers lead 4-2 in the top of the seventh, but with Dreyer just entering and the game unfinished, that answers the starter question without telling us how either relief group will finish it. https://statsapi.mlb.com/api/v1/game/823915/boxscore
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That is why the handoff order was only half the question. Los Angeles reached Milwaukee's bullpen first, but Brewers relievers covered the last 3.2 innings with one hit and one run allowed. Milwaukee then scored three against Edwin Díaz in the ninth to win 5-4. The Dodgers won the race to the opposing bullpen and still lost what came after it. https://statsapi.mlb.com/api/v1.1/game/823915/feed/live