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Dodgers 8, Reds 4 – 2025 NLWCS Game 2: Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivers despite his defense, Mookie Betts leads offensively with 3 Doubles, NLDs here come the Dodgers – Dodgers Digest
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Dodgers 8, Reds 4 – 2025 NLWCS Game 2: Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivers despite his defense, Mookie Betts leads offensively with 3 Doubles, NLDs here come the Dodgers – Dodgers Digest

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After taking the most important first game of the three-game NLWCs, the Dodgers were back against the Reds again tonight, looking for their place in the NLDs. The pitching matchup between Yoshinobu Yamamoto And Zack Littell Was a mismatch on paper, but an early mistake brought up the red. Fortunately, the Dodgers attack at the moment and they quickly fought back to take the lead in the middle innings before they open the match. But again, the pen made things interesting Roki Sasaki Candy explicitly closed the door to an 8-4 victory.

NLDS time.

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As mentioned, for the Dodgers it was Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the bump, and things started with a surprisingly moved 1st. To begin with, Enrique Hernandez Made a great over-the-shoulder catch to save extra bases.

That would eventually save a point, because Yamamoto was seized, got a groundout and then Teoscar Hernandez Let a routine-flyball fall to the right for an error of two bases that brought a few to score position.

That cost Yamamoto two points and 12 throws when Sal Stewart Porte the sixth pitch he saw to justify a single with two runs.

He then stole second and Yamamoto took six throws to end the inning with a strikeout. 2-0, red.

Despite the two undeserved runs, he then closed nicely and started a point of four perfect innings. He beat two in a clean 2nd, got another in the 3rd, succeeded in a fast eight-pitch 4th and hit two more on 11 throws in the 5th.

The potentially series-determining inning came in the 6th, because a lad-off single was just past a dive Miguel RojasAnother single followed a 0-2 throw that caught more of the record, and old friend Gavin Lux Baltimore cut an infield single to load things with a out. Yamamoto responded by getting a soft lining that fell for Mookie at home for one outside, and then two gigantic strikeouts to keep a zero on the board.

Dave Roberts Understandably, Yamamoto also lets the 7th come true, probably due to the lack of trust in the pen. He was given the first one, spent a walk after he got 0-2 ahead, took a strikeout and then published a walk after he had gone 1-2 ahead to put two on it.

That was the end of his night, and he probably gets seven shutout without the fault, distributed only four singles and only issued the two late walks: 6.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R (0 er), 2 BB, 9 K, 113 throws.

Dave called on Blake trains To get the final, and he remained earned runs from the Yamamoto ledger by getting a groundout to end the 7th.

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By the time Zack Littell took the hill, he already threw a lead, and while he giving up a one-out double Mookie BettsHe received the next two to post a zero in the 1st. After he started the 2nd by getting Max Muncy To lines to the left, he hit Andy -Pages But followed by a groundout that only brought him to second place. Miguel Rojas followed by covering a ball, but good to be short for the out.

The 3rd started the score for the Dodgers behind an unlikely source, such as Leg rortvedt Led with a double along the left field line. Shohei Ohtani Then finished to the right to put him to third place, and Mookie cashed in with a single to lower the shortage to 2-1. A groundout then got Mookie to the second, but again he was stranded there to end the 3rd.

The bats continued their momentum in the 4th, while Max Muncy just passed a dive second Honkman, and after a strikeout Enrique Hernandez was a double to the right-hand center to bind Muncy and bind things to 2-2.

Miguel Rojas then followed by blooping a single single along the line for the lead on 3-2.

Rortvedt then followed with a different impact, but in the end he reached an Infield Single to set up a few. Unfortunately, the big boys both flew out to end that threat.

The 6th is where she blew the game open immediately after Yamamoto has done his Houdini act. An Enrique Hernandez Infield roll of the bag went for a single, and a groundout brought him to second place. Rortvedt then grounded a ball to first, but Sal Stewart threw behind Nick Martinez For an error to put the runners in the corner. Shohei then fell behind 0-2, but worked the count back to even before he closed to the right to bring 4-2. Another Mookie doubles followed to put another point, and after Freddie deliberately walked to charge things, Teoscar hit a single to place a few and push the lead to 7-2.

The Reds then deliberately ran up Muncy to reload the bases, but a pages for pages and an Enrique Pop-Out Strande that chance too.

Nevertheless, the Dodgers continued to add in the 7th, when Rojas started with an Infield Single, Rortvedt Sac Bunted, Ohtani was deliberately passed on, and Mookie came with his fourth hit and third double to make it 8-2.

In what turned out to be two big outs, Chase Burns Come in and the next two batters got to Groundout to keep the score there. He also got the side in order in the 8th to close the book on the Dodgers.

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Why was that big? Because the pen remained the pen.

Emmett Sheehan has been great in the rotation all year round, but today he started giving up a single that enrique made Enrique in second place after an error, has published a walk, gave up a Stewart single to ride in a run, still declined a wild loop and then spent a walk on 8-3.

Tyler Stephenson Then save a flyball for a pocket fly to bring the score to 8-4, but at least they got it out. And after he had come 1-2 ahead Will BensonHe made a wild change and Dave made an unconventional mid-bat change in Alex shutters. Terry Francona encountered Miguel Andujarwho aimed at the first throw. Vesia then ran the bases to take the draw to the record, but he got a 3-2 strikeout to end the inning.

The most impressive assistance in the series was from Roki Sasaki, who had the task of not blowing a four-run lead in the 9th. He didn’t even come close because he looked like a new man, attacked the zone at 100 km / h and dropped vicious splitters to poach the first two batters.

Rortvedt then dropped a pop error, but it doesn’t matter, Roki got a soft lining to make Mookie short to end the game and go to the NLDS.

Let’s go, man.

Celebration post to follow, maybe?

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After sweeping the NLWCs, the Dodgers now fly to Philadelphia for a five-game series against the Phillies in the NLDS. Not a recent time, but Game 1 will be on October 4 and it will probably be Shohei Ohtani against Christopher Sanchez.


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