Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw the first complete game of his MLB career in the team’s 5-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 2 of the NLCS.
The Los Angeles Dodgers took a commanding 2-0 series lead over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday at American Family Field behind starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s dominant complete game in their 5-1 win.
The last complete game in the postseason prior to Yamamoto’s was by Justin Verlander in 2017 for the Houston Astros against the New York Yankees in Game 2 of the ALCS. Verlander’s and Yamamoto’s complete games were exactly eight years apart. It was the first complete game of Yamamoto’s MLB career.
It didn’t look like Yamamoto was destined to go the distance after the first batter he saw, Brewers right fielder Jackson Chourio, hammered a fastball into the right-field seats to give the Brewers a quick 1-0 lead.
