No heater until the 6th episode! That's why I gave him the highest amount of pitching, Yamamoto saved the Dodgers for four consecutive innings with 9K scoreless runs
May 21, 2025
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The Dodgers won the second game of the three consecutive home games against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium on the 21st (Korea time), thanks to Yamamoto Yoshinobu's brilliant pitch and Max Muncy's walk-off sacrifice fly in the overtime.
After giving up all three consecutive games against the Los Angeles Angels on the 17th and 19th, he lost to Arizona 5-9 the previous day and lost for the first four consecutive games this seasonWith the victory of the day, Juss marked 30 wins and 19 losses and kept the lead in the NL West. He is one game behind the second-place San Francisco Giants (29 wins and 20 losses).
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With one out and two on the second base, Corbin Carroll pushed Dodgers left-hander Tanner Scott's 96.4 mile fastball that flowed outside the hanbok plate on the fourth pitch, hitting a two-run shot that crossed the left-center fence for a line drive to lead 3-1. Carroll's 15th home run of the season.
However, in the bottom of the 10th inning, hitters showed their terrible concentration and scored three runs to turn the tide and win.
With no outs, second baseman Tommy Edman pushed an 87.7 mile splitter straight to right-hander Shelby Miller's outside off the two-strike, bringing second baseman Kike Hernandez home with a double that landed on the left-field line.
Shohei Ohtani walked to four pitches on purpose, and Mookie Betts was out with a deep fly to center field, leading to a chance with one out and runners on first and third bases. Then, when Ohtani stole second base at Freddie Freeman's at-bat, even Freeman got four pitches on purpose and loaded the bases with one out. When Ohtani stole a base, Arizona catcher Gabriel Moreno couldn't even throw to second base.
Third baseman Edman homered and tied the game 3-3 as Will Smith hit Miller's left elbow on a pitch.
And when Muncy hit Miller's 96-mile outside fastball on the fourth pitch with a ball count of 2B1S and hit a 338-foot sacrifice fly to center field, third baseman Ohtani scored a leisurely walk-off score to end the three-hour, one-minute match.
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Yamamoto, who took the mound as a starting pitcher, gave up one hit and two walks in seven innings, and blocked him with no runs in an all-out pitching that took away nine strikeouts. Scott allowed a tie in the top of the ninth inning, so his seventh win of the season flew away, but he lowered his ERA from 2.12 to 1.86, rising to second place in the NL.
It is the fourth time this season that Yamamoto has pitched no runs in three games since the match against the Atlanta Braves on the 3rd (six innings, one hit and three runs). Yamamoto, who gave up eight runs in a total of 11 innings in the previous two games, cooked the Arizona lineup by effectively mixing his perfect control, up to 97.2 miles, and 95.7 miles of four-seam fastballs and his main weapons, curves and splitter.
Yamamoto continued his no-hitter march by giving up only one walk until the sixth inning, but unfortunately missed the milestone by giving up a right-handed hit to the lead Ketel Marte in the top of the seventh inning with a 1-0 lead. He then allowed a walk to Moreno with two outs and a third base, putting him on the verge of first and third base, but he struck out Fabin Smith with a 91.6-mile cutter to end the inning without losing a point.
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Kim Hye-sung, who started as No. 9 second baseman, was replaced by pinch hitter Edman at bat in the bottom of the eighth inning after recording no hits in two at-bats.
Kim Hye-sung grounded out to second base in his first at-bat after two outs in the bottom of the third inning. He pulled a fastball well into the middle of right-hander Line Nelson's 96.3 miles and hit a 104.3 mph fastball, but second baseman Marte handled it.
After two outs in the fifth inning, he struck out in his second at-bat. At ball count 2B2S, he fumbled his bat on a 95.7-mile fastball that penetrated Nelson's fifth strike zone. The strike was declared even though the ball was a high 94.8-mile fastball at the first pitch.
The Dodgers replaced leader Kim Hye-sung with Edman in the bottom of the eighth inning when the opposing pitcher was replaced by left-hander Jaylon Biggs.
Kim Hye-sung, who was silent the previous day with no hits in four at-bats against Arizona, failed to hit in two consecutive starts, and her batting average fell from 0.400 to 0.378 (14 hits in 37 at-bats). Forty percent has collapsed.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
