Yamamoto Gets NLCS Game 2 Start After Dodgers' 2-1 Game 1 Loss
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Updated · MLB.com · Oct 12
Yamamoto Gets NLCS Game 2 Start After Dodgers' 2-1 Game 1 Loss
3 articles · Updated · MLB.com · Oct 12
Summary
Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start Game 2 against rookie Logan Henderson after Los Angeles opened the NLCS with a 2-1 loss to Milwaukee.
The Dodgers are 9-1 in Yamamoto’s postseason starts and 6-0 in his road playoff outings, giving them their clearest chance to level the series quickly.
Yamamoto has a 2.24 career postseason ERA and a 1.23 ERA in three playoff starts that followed a Dodgers loss, reinforcing his reputation as the staff’s stopper.
Los Angeles also needs more timely hitting after wasting chances in Game 1; Mookie Betts said the offense must convert pressure into runs.
History still leans against the Dodgers: teams losing Game 1 of a best-of-seven series recover only 70 times in 197 tries, or 36%.