Candidate! Yamamoto 6 ⅔ innings 8K + Otani wedge timely hit 2 consecutive wins to advance to Division S LAD 84 CIN
Oct 02, 2025
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The Los Angeles Dodgers easily passed the first gateway to fall baseball with two consecutive wins. The Dodgers won the second game of the NL Wild Card Series (WCS) at Dodger Stadium on the 2nd (Korea time) with 8-4 thanks to starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto's good pitching and the batters' scary concentration.
The Dodgers, who won the second game with an overwhelming performance following a 10-5 victory the previous day, advanced to the Division Series with two wins against the WCS. The Dodgers, ranked first in the NL West, will play the best-of-five DS against the Philadelphia Phillies, ranked first in the East, from the 5th. This season, the Dodgers lost to Philadelphia with two wins and four losses.
Ohtani, who was scheduled to start Game 3 of the WCS, is likely to start Game 1 of the DS.
Of the four games in the second round of the WCS held on the day, the Dodgers won two consecutive games, and the other three games won one and lost one, making the game decided in Game 3 on the 3rd.
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Ohtani, who opened the fall baseball with a hot opening by hitting a first solo shot and a wedge two-run shot in the first game the previous day, added to his victory by hitting one hit, one RBI, one run and one walk in four at-bats. He recorded four RBIs and three runs in nine at-bats (including two homers) in two games.
There was a lot of tension throughout the game.
Cincinnati took the lead by scoring two runs first in the top of the first inning. With two outs and runners on first base, right fielder Teoscar Hernandez caught and missed a high fly ball to Austin Hayes' right foul line, leading to a chance to second and third bases with two outs. Sal Stewart then pushed Yamamoto's low splitter 92.3 miles outside of the sixth pitch and hit a right-handed hit, bringing in both players.
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The Dodgers succeeded in turning the tables by adding two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning with momentum. When lead Max Muncy got on base with a right-handed hit, Kiké Hernandez hit a double through the right-center to bring Muncy home.
Miguel Rojas then turned the tide to 3-2 with a timely hit falling on the right wing line.
Yamamoto, who blocked additional runs after two runs in the first inning, passed the sixth inning, which was the biggest crisis of the day, and the Dodgers were confident of victory.
Cincinnati had a bases-loaded chance with no outs in the top of the sixth inning with three consecutive hits by lead TJ Friedl, Spencer Steyer and Gavin Lux. However, Yamamoto escaped the crisis by inducing Hayes to ground out to shortstop, catching the third baseman at home, and striking out Stewart and Ellie Delacruz with consecutive swings and misses.
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The first and third base chances made by the first baseman's infield hit by Kike, and Lotbet's throwing error to the first base after one out. Ohtani added one run by beating opposing right-hander Nick Martinez with a right-handed hit, Betts' timely double on the left-field line with one out and runners on the first and third bases, and Teoscar's two-run double in left-center with one out after Freddie Freeman's intentional four pitches widened the gap to 7-2.
Yamamoto also took the mound in the top of the seventh inning and was replaced after being on the first and second bases with two outs with two walks, followed by Blake Trinen, who took the mound, overpowered Steer with a ground ball to shortstop to finish the inning scoreless. In the bottom of the seventh inning, with one out and runners on the first and second bases, Betts added a point with a left double to run away by six points.
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Roki Sasaki, who took the mound in the top of the ninth inning with an 8-4 lead, handled one inning with two strikeouts and one out to keep the win.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
