TORONTO — Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a four-hitter for his second consecutive full recreation, the primary within the World Collection since 2015, and the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 on Saturday night time to tie their best-of-seven matchup at one recreation apiece.
Coming off a three-hitter towards the Milwaukee Brewers within the Nationwide League Championship Collection that was the primary postseason full recreation since 2017, Yamamoto retired his closing 20 batters within the first full recreation within the Collection for the reason that Kansas Metropolis Royals’ Johnny Cueto towards the New York Mets in Recreation 2 of 2015.
No pitcher had thrown consecutive full video games within the postseason since Arizona Diamondbacks ace Curt Schilling, who tossed three in a row within the 2001 NL Division Collection and NLCS.
Will Smith had three RBIs for the Dodgers, breaking a 1-all tie with a seventh-inning dwelling run off Kevin Gausman, who had retired 17 batters in a row. Max Muncy added one other solo dwelling run later within the inning.
A 27-year-old right-hander in his second big-league season, Yamamoto threw 105 pitches — 73 for strikes — after tossing 111 towards the Brewers. He wanted 23 pitches to get by the primary inning earlier than settling down.
Yamamoto struck out eight and walked none, enhancing to 5-1 over two postseasons with the Dodgers, who’re 7-1 in his begins.
Utilizing an array of six pitches, he permitted his solely run within the third after he hit George Springer close to his wrist with a pitch and gave up Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s single off the left-field wall. That was the final runner allowed by Yamamoto, who began his streak by retiring Alejandro Kirk on a sacrifice fly.
Freddie Freeman had a two-out double within the first and scored on Smith’s single.
Smith homered into the left-field second deck on a full-count fastball, and two batters later Muncy hit an opposite-field drive to left off a fastball on the surface nook. Jeff Hoffman threw a run-scoring wild pitch within the eighth and Smith adopted by grounding into an RBI forceout.
After a journey day, the Collection resumes Monday night time at Dodger Stadium.
The Dodgers went forward for the second straight night time, scoring within the first when Freeman doubled after fouling off three two-strike pitches and got here round on Smith’s single.
Springer’s double and Nathan Lukes’ single put runners on the corners with no outs within the backside half however Yamamoto struck out Guerrero, retired Kirk on a liner to first and froze Daulton Varsho with a known as third strike.
Freeman made an uncharacteristic fielding mistake, overrunning Ernie Clement’s leadoff popup within the second that fell for a 36-foot single, however Yamamoto retired the following three batters.
A day after Bo Bichette returned from a sprained knee that sidelined him for seven weeks, the two-time All-Star started the sport on the Blue Jays bench. He pinch hit within the seventh, grounded out and stayed within the recreation at second base.
Up subsequent
Blue Jays RHP Max Scherzer faces Dodgers RHP Tyler Glasnow in Recreation 3. A 3-time Cy Younger Award winner, the 41-year-old Scherzer will grow to be the primary pitcher to make Collection begins for 4 groups. He acquired his solely resolution for the Washington Nationals when he beat the Houston Astros within the 2019 opener. Glasnow has a 0.68 ERA this postseason.
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