"After the Dodgers escaped with a win in Game 1 of the NLCS, they got right back into it for Game 2 with the Brewers, and it was a more traditional playoff setup of a battle of the aces between Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Freddy Peralta. While it was Yamamoto who faltered first on the literal first pitch of the game, the Dodgers quickly fought back to give him the lead and then some extra off Peralta."
"The 2nd was a weird one, as the inning started with Andrew Vaughn reaching on an error by . Sal Frelick then appeared to ground to Freddie Freeman, who stepped on the bag and then threw wild into left field, but it was actually foul. Frelick then hit almost the exact same ball fair, and Freddie got the lead runner this time before the return throw from Mookie Betts was low and behind Yamamoto, though it likely wasn't in time for the double play anyway."
Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed a leadoff homer on his first pitch but settled in to pitch a complete game, leading the Dodgers to a 5-1 victory. The Dodgers scored early and added runs off Freddy Peralta, giving Yamamoto a lead he protected the rest of the way. Yamamoto worked around a second-inning defensive oddity and allowed only a few scattered baserunners, including two two-out singles in the 3rd and 4th and a one-out walk in the 5th. Peralta did not have his best command, and the Brewers managed a lone run. The win gave the Dodgers a 2-0 NLCS series advantage.
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