Dodgers’ Yamamoto enters uncommon MLB firm with one other full recreation

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Yoshinobu Yamamoto watched a popout to 3rd baseman Max Muncy finish one more unimaginable pitching efficiency, this time to guide the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Toronto Blue Jays in Sport 2 of the World Sequence.

Yamamoto accomplished his second straight postseason full recreation, and he joined some uncommon MLB firm in doing so.

Yamamoto, who led the best way for Los Angeles within the 5-1 victory to even the "Fall Traditional" at one recreation apiece, gave up simply 4 hits and one earned run whereas placing out eight Blue Jays hitters.

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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (18) throws a pitch towards the Toronto Blue Jays within the ninth inning throughout Sport 2 of the 2025 MLB World Sequence at Rogers Centre. (Dan Hamilton/Imagn Pictures)

"Excellent, uber aggressive, particular," Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts stated of his star pitcher. "Yeah, he was simply locked in tonight."

The much-needed pitching efficiency for the Dodgers led Yamamoto to turn into the primary pitcher since Curt Schilling to pitch consecutive full video games within the postseason.

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Schilling, who pitched for the 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks , did it three straight occasions as he was cash in Video games 1 and 5 of the NLDS in addition to Sport 3 of the NLCS.

The final postseason full recreation earlier than Yamamoto’s on Sunday was Justin Verlander, who did so with the Houston Astros throughout their controversial World Sequence-winning 2017 season.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays meet within the 2025 World Sequence. (FOX)

The beginning wasn’t essentially the very best for Yamamoto, because the leadoff hitter received on base for the Blue Jays in every of the primary three innings. In truth, George Springer and Nathan Lukes made it runners on first and third with no outs within the backside of the primary inning.

However Yamamoto received out of that jam and others, together with his solely blemish a sacrifice fly given as much as Alejandro Kirk by means of his 9 innings of labor. The fastball-splitter combo was working properly for him once more, whereas his 74 mph curveball was fooling hitters all evening as properly.

With Yamamoto setting the tone on the mound for Los Angeles, Kevin Gausman was doing the identical for the Blue Jays. However that was till the highest of the seventh inning when Will Smith and Muncy went yard to make it a 3-1 recreation.

The Dodgers would add two extra runs to present Yamamoto a cushion, however even with the two-run lead, he appeared so locked in that these runs by no means mattered ultimately.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Los Angeles Dodgers reacts towards the Toronto Blue Jays in the course of the eighth inning in recreation two of the 2025 World Sequence at Rogers Middle on Oct. 25, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario. (Emilee Chinn/Getty Pictures)

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"He was simply that good," Blue Jays supervisor John Schneider stated, per Sports Illustrated . "He made it arduous for us to make him work. He was within the zone, cut up was out and in of the zone. It was a very good efficiency by him."