Yahoo Sports senior MLB analysts Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman reflect on the Dodgers pitcher’s nine-inning masterpiece to give Los Angeles a 2-0 lead over Milwaukee in the National League Championship Series. Check out the full conversation on the “Baseball Bar-B-Cast” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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Brilliance and dominance from Yoshinobu Yamamoto last night at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
9 innings, 3 hits, 1 run.
It was very well earned.
7 strikeouts in one of the more memorable postseason pitching performances we have had in quite a long time.
Yes, first postseason complete game since Justin Verlander in 2017.
We’ve been having these conversations even as we’ve seen.
Some amazing pitching performances, even this month.
We’re always like, wow, but you know, complete games probably aren’t gonna happen again, and maybe not that dramatically, but it was like, well, what would it take?
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What circumstance would be required to see a complete game?
The question when you decide to leave someone in, leave a starter in and let them work deep.
Is the next pitch that this starter is gonna throw.
Going to be more effective than what I could get from my bullpen.
And last night it was pretty clear and obvious that Yamamoto was the best option as the game wore on for the Dodgers.
And remember, Yamamoto didn’t make it out of the first inning against the Brewers in the regular season, and also was not awesome against the Phillies.
He was, okay, right?
And so because of that, it was like, all right, Brewers, maybe you got something, then, you know, I’m in the air, flying across South Dakota and I’m thinking, okay, Brewers, so the Brewers are gonna, Brewers are gonna make this interesting, uh, and then I land and I roll up the box score.
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And not only do I see Dodgers 5-1, I was like, okay, like that part when I just saw Dodgers 5-1, I was like, all right, that’s fine.
When I opened Dodgers and saw a complete game, I was like, excuse me.