PHOENIX — The Dodgers’ only hope to solve their potentially fatal bullpen issues might be to clone Shohei Ohtani so he can pitch out of their bullpen as well as start games in the postseason.

Looking every bit like a Game 1 starter, Ohtani dominated the Arizona Diamondbacks for six scoreless innings, allowing just five hits while striking out eight on Tuesday night.

Pushing Ohtani through six innings for the first time since his second Tommy John surgery still left three innings for the Dodgers’ bullpen to foul things up. And they did, surrendering a four-run lead and losing, 5-4, on Geraldo Perdomo’s walk-off single in the ninth inning.

It began with rookies Jack Dreyer and Edgardo Henriquez surrendering three runs in the seventh inning but ended – as it seemingly always does – with Ta

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