How Yamamoto’s Unexpected Play Sealed a Nail-Biting Half-Game Victory for the Dodgers

If there is an Achilles heel on the Dodgers, it is their medical staff. Okay, maybe that’s an unnecessary shot at them. Every team runs into some bad luck but they seem like whoever is their doctor cannot keep their pitching staff even remotely healthy. That wasn’t even what I originally was thinking about though. Originally, I was thinking that their biggest weakness that they should be able to control better is their performance on the road. 75% of their losses this season have been as a visiting team. They are 25-12 overall, and just 10-9 away from Dodger Stadium. To hopefully combat their bad performances on the road is Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who might have the most fun name to say in all of baseball. Yamamoto has been spectacular this season with a 0.90 ERA and a 0.93 WHIP. He also has 49 strikeouts in 40 innings. Diamondbacks hitters haven’t faced Yamamoto much, but he did hold them to just three hits and five strikeouts in 24 at-bats. 

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