US EditionYamamoto’s Throwback Dominance Secures Game 2 for Dodgers, Ties World Series 1-1
Yoshinobu Yamamoto became the first pitcher since 2001 to throw consecutive postseason complete games, helping the Dodgers tie the World Series at one game each.
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitches a four-hit complete game in the World Series, emulating legends like Koufax and Hershiser, and helps the Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1.
Yamamoto’s throwback dominance secures Game 2 for Dodgers, ties World Series 1-1
TORONTO — He emerged from the dugout as if transported from a bygone era, when starting pitchers doubled as closers: Yoshinobu Yamamoto, in the ninth inning, of the World Series. Before last night’s 5-1 victory by the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Toronto Blue Jays, a decade had passed since a pitcher finished what he started on this stage.
The momentum of the series, which belonged to Toronto after its crushing 11-4 win in the first game, changes course and returns to the Dodgers, which will compete for the next three games at Dodger Stadium.
Dodgers beat Blue Jays 5-1; World Series tied at 1-1
TORONTO — Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a World Series game from another era. Sandy Koufax had October outings like this and so did Orel Hershiser, but those types of performances had vanished in modern baseball. Until this 5-foot-10 starter from Japan delivered like the aces of old. Yamamoto threw a four-hitter for his second consecutive complete game, the first in the World Series since 2015, and the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers beat th…
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