Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s Classy Gesture To Vlad Guerrero Jr. In 11th Inning Loved By Fans

The Dodgers were capable to win their 2nd consecutive World Series title connected Saturday nighttime by beating nan Blue Jays 5-4 successful a legendary Game 7 astatine nan Rogers Centre.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who sounded six innings successful Los Angeles's Game 6 triumph connected Friday night, entered Game 7 pinch 1 retired successful nan bottommost of nan ninth and past worked 2 2/3 scoreless innings to lead nan Dodgers to their melodramatic victory. He was named nan World Series MVP for his heroic efforts, which besides included a complete crippled gem successful Game 2.

The righthander had a very subtle prestigious move successful nan bottommost of nan 11th inning that nan Fox Sports cameras were capable to prime up. Yamamoto was seen tipping his headdress to Toronto's Vlad Guerrero Jr. arsenic nan slugger prepared to measurement into nan batter's container pinch his squad trailing by a run.

Here's really that played out:

That was specified a awesome infinitesimal astatine specified a pivotal infinitesimal of nan game. Guerrero would spell connected to deed a double but past Yamamoto was capable to adjacent things retired acknowledgment to a double play that was brilliantly turned by Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts.

Yamamoto gave up conscionable 1 deed and had 1 locomotion successful his alleviation appearance. He vanished his 2nd play pinch nan Dodgers pinch a 12-8 grounds and past really became a unit successful nan postseason. Along pinch his complete crippled successful nan World Series, he besides had a complete crippled triumph complete nan Brewers successful nan NLCS.

Fans loved that chapeau extremity from Yamamoto:

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