Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivered a strong start for the Dodgers, who rolled to a 13-2 win over the Colorado Rockies in Denver Saturday.
The Dodgers have often remarked this year that, with all their injuries and stretches of inconsistent play, they haven’t felt like the team with the best record in baseball. Saturday was not one of those days. Even before they took the field, the Dodgers clinched the best record in the majors this season, earning the distinction — and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs — for the fourth time since 2017 thanks to a loss by the Philadelphia Phillies.
Ezequiel Tovar took him deep in the third, on a first-pitch cutter Yamamoto left up the zone. Outside of that, the $325 million offseason signing faced little stress, finishing his debut MLB season with a 7-2 record, 3.00 ERA and 105 strikeouts in 90 innings over 18 starts. While the Dodgers haven’t yet finalized their pitching rotation for the National League Division Series, Yamamoto seems likely to go in Game 2 of the best-of-five set a week from Sunday.
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