ATLANTA — For the fourth time this season, Yoshinobu Yamamoto posted a begin of a minimum of six innings with out an earned run because the right-hander helped the Dodgers to a 2-1 win over the Braves on Friday at Truist Park.
Yamamoto has not allowed greater than two earned runs in a begin this season and he’s gone a minimum of 5 innings in each begin.
Yamamoto didn’t permit a success till the sixth inning, when Braves third baseman Austin Riley broke up the no-no with a double. Yamamoto subsequently induced an inning-ending groundout off the bat of designated hitter Marcell Ozuna. With 91 pitches, Yamamoto was pulled after the sixth.
On Could 2, 1995, 30 years in the past to the day, Hideo Nomo made his Main League debut for the Dodgers in San Francisco. Nomo, who’s credited for extra Japanese gamers coming to play in the US, has probably the most wins (123) of any Japanese participant in MLB historical past.
Although offense was at a premium for Los Angeles, catcher Will Smith’s sacrifice fly within the fourth and Mookie Betts’ sixth-inning dwelling run did the job.
