Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto left in the second inning of a scoreless game against the Kansas City Royals because of triceps tightness, per the team.
The noticeable drop in the velocity of his four-seam fastball in the first inning was the first sign that something wasn’t right with Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto on Saturday night. The flashing red lights then came in the bottom of the second inning, when reliever Michael Grove began warming up in the Dodgers' bullpen even though Yamamoto had allowed only one hit in two scoreless innings against the Kansas City Royals.
00 ERA in 13 starts, threw 12 four-seam fastballs that were clocked between 92.9 mph and 95.9 mph and averaged 94.2 mph. The 25-year-old Yamamoto, who signed a 12-year, $325-million contract with the Dodgers in December, threw 29 pitches that were clocked at 97 mph or higher in his previous start in Yankee Stadium, which he attributed to “my mechanics working very well.” He had thrown three pitches above 97 mph all season before that game.
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