All The Mlb History Yoshinobu Yamamoto Made With Complete Game In Dodgers’ Game 2 Win

Entering nan Dodgers’ postseason tally this fall, right-handed ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto didn’t person a azygous complete crippled connected his résumé.

He now has two. And they’ve travel successful his past 2 outings, nonetheless.

To travel up his nine-inning gem successful Los Angeles’s NLCS triumph connected Oct. 14, Yamamoto dialed up different complete crippled Saturday nighttime to lead nan Dodgers to a 5–1 triumph complete nan Blue Jays successful Game 2 of nan World Series. In 9 innings of work, Yamamoto allowed conscionable 1 tally connected 4 hits pinch 8 strikeouts. He only sewage amended arsenic nan crippled went on, striking retired nan broadside successful nan eighth inning and retiring 20 consecutive hitters to extremity nan game.

In 4 starts this postseason, Yamamoto has logged a 1.57 ERA and 0.73 WHIP pinch 26 strikeouts successful 28 2/3 innings. He’s conscionable nan 2nd subordinate successful MLB history to notch his first 2 complete games successful nan playoffs, joining Josh Beckett successful 2003.

“He’s sounded successful large shot games successful Japan. He’s sounded successful nan [World Baseball Classic]. Players who person nan weight of a state connected their shoulders, that’s pressure,” Dodgers head Dave Roberts said of Yamamoto aft Game 2. “I conscionable consciousness that portion of his DNA is to conscionable execute astatine a precocious level successful large spots. Control his bosom hit and conscionable proceed to make pitches. He could’ve went different 30, 40 pitches tonight.”

Yamamoto became nan first pitcher to propulsion a complete crippled successful nan World Series since Royals righthander Johnny Cueto successful 2015. Only 11 pitchers person done truthful successful a World Series crippled making love backmost to 1990, and conscionable six pitchers person gone nan region this century.

He’s besides nan first pitcher to log back-to-back complete games successful a azygous postseason since Diamondbacks ace Curt Schilling successful 2001. Schilling really posted 3 consecutive complete games successful Arizona’s ‘01 playoff run, going nan region successful 2 games successful nan NLDS and different successful nan NLCS.

Pitchers to propulsion back-to-back complete games successful a azygous postseason (since 1990)

If that was Yamamoto’s last commencement of nan year, what a measurement to spell out. But if it wasn’t, and nan Dodgers are readying to telephone his number again later successful nan World Series, it’s only adjacent to expect greatness from nan 27-year-old ace.

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