The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a complete game as the LA offense did more than enough to bring the Dodgers within two wins of a second straight World Series berth.
NLCS Game 2 Recap
The Brewers opened Game 2 with a bang, as Freddy Peralta threw a shutdown strike early in the first inning and Jackson Chourio crushed Yamamoto’s first pitch into the right field stands, giving Milwaukee an immediate 1–0 lead.
The Dodgers responded quickly in the top of the second inning, as Teoscar Hernandez worked a full count before depositing a breaking ball into the left field seats to tie the game. Two batters later, Kiké Hernandez singled and Andy Pages brought him in on an RBI double.
The two pitchers then settled down and exchanged outs until the fifth inning.
The Brewers elected to bring Peralta back out for the sixth inning, and he retired the first two batters before Max Muncy came to bat. Muncy worked a full count and committed an error on the sixth pitch of the at-bat before sending the seventh pitch to deep center field to give the Dodgers an insurance run and a 3-1 lead.
The Dodgers then changed tack again in the top of the seventh inning, when Kiké Hernandez doubled and Pages sacrificed him to third base. That brought up Shohei Ohtani – who was stuck in a 1-for-23 slump – and he delivered with an RBI single to make the lead 4-1.
Yamamoto returned for the seventh and continued his dominance, throwing a 1-2-3 inning.
The Dodgers’ offense then continued in the top of the eighth inning. Tommy Edman hit an RBI single, but LA left the bases loaded on a Pages popout and Ohtani strikeout.
Yamamoto came back for the eighth and threw another 1-2-3 inning. Hereafter, the Dodgers had another chance to add something — loading the bases with no outs — but failed to score.
Yamamoto returned for the ninth and pitched another 1-2-3 inning to end the historic complete game.
When was the last time a Dodgers pitcher played a complete game in the postseason?
Yoshinobu Yamamoto became the first Dodgers pitcher since Jose Lima in the 2004 NLDS to pitch a complete game in the postseason.
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