Shohei Ohtani pops out with the bases loaded in the 10th inning as the Dodgers lose to the St. Louis Cardinals after a strong start by Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
The Dodgers alleviated one big roster question Saturday night. But, in a 6-5 extra-innings loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, another personnel concern quickly surfaced in its place. The good news for the team: Yoshinobu Yamamoto rebounded from his disastrous debut in South Korea, spinning five shutout innings in his first career start at Dodger Stadium.
Then, in a briefly confounding sequence that gave the Cardinals the lead, Victor Scott II hit a seemingly routine lineout to left — only for third base umpire Ryan Blakney to call Kelly for a balk that negated the out, and forced the go-ahead run across the plate. It wasn’t until the Cardinals stretched the lead to 5-2 on a two-run double from Brendan Donovan — the fourth left-handed hitter in a row to come to the plate against Kelly — that Roberts finally turned to Vesia.
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