Toronto –
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts hailed Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s resilience after the Japanese ace delivered one of the most remarkable pitching performances in World Series history to clinch the championship over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday.
Less than 24 hours after throwing 96 pitches as the starter in Friday’s series-leveling Game 6, Yamamoto emerged from the bullpen in Game 7 to guide the Dodgers to a 5-4 extra-innings victory at Toronto’s Rogers Centre — a feat that defied both logic and baseball convention.
Normally, elite pitchers are granted several days’ rest after seeing significant duty — a reflection of the extraordinary stresses and strains that the craft can place on the human body.
