Dodgers turn to Dustin May on short rest to patch rotation

LOS ANGELES — Desperate times call for slightly daring measures, with the Dodgers set to return Dustin May to the mound Wednesday in the finale of the three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The outing will be May’s first on just four days of rest since he returned from Tommy John surgery and a life-threatening esophageal injury. He had at least five days of rest for each of his previous eight starts this season.

May has thrown as many as 97 pitches in a start and threw...