Dodgers 5, Brewers 1: Yamamoto finally gets run support via Tucker and Pages as Dodgers roll to another series win - Dodgers Digest

Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched through uneven sharpness to secure a 5-1 victory. The Brewers manufactured an early run in the second inning using a hit batter, a single, and a groundout. Yamamoto then limited damage by retiring batters in the first, third, and fourth innings, including working around a single and a walk with two outs. He recorded a clean fifth, escaped trouble in the sixth with a rally-killing double play, and finished by allowing only a single in the seventh. The Dodgers’ Brandon Sproat struggled to convert early baserunners, stranding runners in the first and second innings before a fourth-inning sequence produced a tying run via a wild pitch and a groundout by Shohei Ohtani.

"Yoshinobu Yamamoto didn't have his sharpest stuff, but he made it work throughout his outing. He faced the minimum in the 1st after an infield single was erased by a double play, but in the 2nd a hit batter, single, and groundout manufactured a run for Brewers to give them a 1-0 lead. Fortunately, that was about it for them. He faced the minimum in the 3rd thanks to an Andy Pages throw, worked around a single and a walk with two outs in the 4th, got a clean 5th, and worked around two one-out singles thanks to a rally-killing double play in the 6th."

"He finished up by allowing just a rolling infield single against the shift, as he sorta cruised through the 7th. Giving him run support worked, who knew? 7 IP, 7 H (All Singles), 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 92 Pitches."

"As mentioned, Brandon Sproat wasn't really sharp, but he limited the damage for the most part anyway. A lead-off walk and two-out double in the 1st was stranded, and the same went for a pair of lead-off walks in the 2nd. After Sproat got a clean 3rd, the Dodgers finally got something in the 4th ... via a gift. Back-to-back singles from Teoscar Hernandez and Dalton Rushing were sandwiched between a pair of strikeouts, but Miguel Rojas got hit by a pitch to load things up for Shohei Ohtani."

"But it was the Moriyama Special that tied the game, as a wild pitch led to a run and Ohtani just grounded out."

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