ST. LOUIS — As pitching accidents proceed to come back in waves and threat dashing the Dodgers’ title protection, Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivered the type of bounceback look on Saturday at Busch Stadium mandatory to assist calm the waters of roster churn.
Yamamoto delivered six scoreless innings, hanging out 9 St. Louis hitters and strolling simply two within the Dodgers’ 2-1 loss. After handing over a season-low 3 2/3 innings in his final look on Sunday, Los Angeles wanted Yamamoto to return to type and depend on one of the encouraging developments of his younger Main League profession — he’s but to lose consecutive choices over his 31 profession begins.
The stand-up begin got here on the identical day the Dodgers positioned Tony Gonsolin on the injured listing with soreness in his proper elbow. Gonsolin missed the primary 30 video games of the season as he recovered from Tommy John surgical procedure, and Los Angeles has cycled by means of probably the most starters within the Majors to this point this season — 13, with maybe extra to come back.
In making his thirteenth begin of 2025, Yamamoto now has two greater than any of his teammates, and he shall be relied upon closely because the Dodgers debate how finest to fill Gonsolin’s spot.
The efforts from Yamamoto had been additionally important within the face of a flagging offense, because the Dodgers continued to battle with runners in scoring place. St. Louis pitching held them to simply 1-for-13 with RISP in Friday’s 5-0 loss. Los Angeles adopted that with an 0-for-12 efficiency on Saturday. The Dodgers are 8-for-59 with runners in scoring place since drumming out 9 hits in 17 probabilities in opposition to the Yankees on Could 31.
