SAN FRANCISCO — On the heels of a week-long stoop, the Dodgers have been in a position to construct some momentum heading into the All-Star break.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto capped a powerful first half with seven scoreless innings earlier than the Dodgers rallied for 3 runs within the eleventh inning, sending the Dodgers to a 5-2 win over the Giants in Sunday afternoon’s finale at Oracle Park. L.A. has received two in a row following a season-high seven-game dropping streak.
The Dodgers needed to struggle to take the collection towards their longtime rivals, carrying a 2-0 lead into the underside of the ninth earlier than Tanner Scott surrendered a game-tying two-run blast to pinch-hitter Luis Matos. Neither crew scored within the tenth earlier than L.A. received again in entrance within the eleventh, getting RBI singles from Freddie Freeman, Teoscar Hernández and Andy Pages.
Earlier than the late-inning drama, Yamamoto was in a position to return to type after lasting solely two-thirds of an inning — the shortest outing of his massive league profession — on Monday, in the future after he obtained his first MLB All-Star nod. His seven innings on Sunday matched his longest begin of the season (additionally April 18 at Rangers, Could 20 vs. D-backs and July 1 vs. White Sox).
In a duel of 2025 All-Stars, Yamamoto outlasted the Giants’ Robbie Ray, putting out seven and scattering three hits and two walks in a dominant afternoon on the mound. Yamamoto completed the primary half with a 2.59 ERA and can head to Atlanta for his first Midsummer Basic on a excessive word.
Ray tossed three good innings to start the afternoon earlier than issuing back-to-back walks to Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts to open the fourth. With one out, Freeman notched the Dodgers’ first hit of the day with a double to proper area, scoring Ohtani. Miguel Rojas padded the lead with a no-doubt solo shot off Ray within the fifth.
