LOS ANGELES — Roki Sasaki took the mound in Tacoma on Sunday just as Blake Treinen was booed off the Dodger Stadium mound for giving up three runs in the eighth inning of a 3-1 loss to the San Francisco Giants.

A coincidence? Perhaps not.

Sasaki made his second relief appearance for Triple-A Oklahoma City, retiring the side in order with a strikeout in the sixth inning, his fastball touching 98 mph and his 87-mph split-fingered fastball whiffing Leody Taveras to end the inning.

“Roki was really good,” manager Dave Roberts said. “His stuff was good.”

Sasaki, sidelined since mid-May because of a shoulder impingement, struck out two and walked one, his fastball touching 100 mph, in a scoreless inning for OKC on Thursday night.

The rookie right-hander had a 7.75 ERA in five starts of a

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