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Yoshinobu Yamamoto carried Los Angeles in the clutch on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>\u00a0starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw is a future Hall of Famer, but his biggest blemish is a lack of playoff success. The three-time NL Cy Young Award-winner has a career 2.53 regular-season ERA against a 4.63 postseason mark.<\/p>\n

Luckily for the Dodgers, ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto doesn\u2019t have that issue. The 27-year-old sported a 1.83 playoff ERA this season entering Saturday\u2019s World Series Game 2 outing against the\u00a0Toronto Blue Jays<\/a>, and he followed that by allowing one run over nine innings in the 5-1 victory.<\/p>\n

It was Yamamoto\u2019s second consecutive complete game, making him the\u00a0first pitcher to do that in the playoffs<\/a>\u00a0since Curt Schilling for the\u00a0Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a>\u00a0in 2001, per Talkin\u2019 Baseball. The second-year hurler is also the\u00a0first player with two complete games<\/a>\u00a0in a single postseason since Madison Bumgarner for the\u00a0San Francisco Giants<\/a>\u00a0in 2014, per\u00a0MLB<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kershaw described Yamamoto\u2019s performance postgame, via NBC LA\u2019s Michael J. Duarte.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was amazing,\u201d Kershaw stated. \u201cI think the most amazing part was him getting out of that first inning. First and third, nobody out with Vladdy [Vladimir Guerrero Jr<\/a>.] up, and somehow manages to pitch himself out of that. And then keeping his pitch count down, we had an error in the second inning. You had traffic, guys on base first three innings, got out of all that.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe did everything tonight, he was amazing. his team [Toronto] is a really good hitting team, so it was amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Clayton Kershaw on Yoshinobu Yamamoto throwing back-to-back complete games in the postseason\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/BZc2pdxOkP<\/a><\/p>\n

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Yoshinobu Yamamoto Takes Torch From Clayton Kershaw<\/h2>\n

Kershaw\u2019s praise of Yamamoto isn\u2019t just a player complimenting his teammate, but it\u2019s a symbolic moment for Los Angeles. The club legend gave flowers to the new star on his way out.<\/p>\n

Kershaw announced on Sep. 18 that he will\u00a0retire after this season<\/a>, via the Dodgers\u2019 social media. The 37-year-old will end his career with one of the best regular-season resumes ever, but also a spotty playoff record outside of the COVID-shortened 2020 campaign, when he notched a 2.93 ERA over five starts. Los Angeles won the World Series that year.<\/p>\n

Conversely, Yamamoto is clinical in both the regular season and postseason. The 5-foot-10, 176-pounder has a 2.66 regular-season ERA since entering MLB in 2024 and had a 2.82 playoff ERA before Saturday. If he keeps his current pace, he\u2019ll lap Kershaw\u2019s resume over the next few seasons.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers are now tied 1-1 with the Blue Jays in the World Series. Up next is Game 3 in Los Angeles on Monday night, which will start at 8:00 p.m. ET on Fox.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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