In a game that featured 26 runs and 33 hits, Yoshinobu Yamamoto lasts only one inning as the Dodgers fall 15-11 to the Padres on Thursday.
Off the field, Thursday was a nightmare for the Dodgers amid the Ippei Mizuhara/Shohei Ohtani gambling saga. On the field, in the finale of their South Korean series against the San Diego Padres, things for the team didn’t go much better. Star Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto flopped in his MLB debut, ringing in his record $325 million contract with a five-run outing that lasted just one inning.
6 mph fastball, was smoked by Xander Bogaerts for a leadoff single. His next batter, Fernando Tatis Jr., was struck by a wild splitter. Then, Jake Cronenworth tagged Yamamoto with a couple of runs before an out had been recorded, crushing a hanging splitter for a two-run triple to the right-field corner. From there, Yamamoto appeared to lose his command — and his confidence. Ha-Seong Kim hit a sacrifice fly to score one run.
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