Yoshinobu Yamamoto looked to get revenge against the Giants, but San Francisco’s hitters got the better of him in the NL West faceoff.
Giants Exploit Yamamoto’s Mistakes
Yoshinobu Yamamoto retired all but six of the Giants hitters he faced, but half of them got to take a leisurely trot around the bases. Yamamoto struck out eight batters across 6 1/3 innings. He departed with the Dodgers trailing by one run after surrendering a trio of solo home runs to the Giants’ eighth and ninth hitters.
Yamamoto left runners on the corners with one out in the seventh inning for right-hander Blake Treinen, who allowed both to score. Two of those runs were charged to Yamamoto, for a season-high total of five earned runs allowed on the night.
Dodgers’ Bullpen Struggles
For the second time in as many games against the Giants this series, the Dodgers’ bullpen turned a close game into a sizable deficit. L.A. dropped its fourth straight game 6-2, marking the first time since July 1-4, 1936, that the team had lost four consecutive games by four or more runs.
After going eight up, eight down to open his eighth start of the season, Yamamoto left a 1-1 cutter over the plate for Giants backup catcher Eric Haase, who sent it sailing to the left-field bleachers. Yamamoto went on to handle the top two-thirds of San Francisco’s ease, retiring six of his next seven batters before facing more trouble at the bottom of the order.
Haase Has a Night
With two outs in the fifth inning, Harrison Bader jumped on a 1-2 splitter inside and launched it out to left field. Haase went back to back, driving a first-pitch four-seamer to left-center.
Haase became the first player with a multihomer game off Yamamoto in the Majors.
Dodgers’ Offence Falters
For the 15th time in the past 20 games, the Dodgers were held to four or fewer runs. Shohei Ohtani was a bright spot with his first homer since April 26, but the offense’s bizarre struggles with the bases loaded continued. L.A. twice loaded the bases with one out, bringing in one run on a Will Smith sacrifice fly in the first inning but coming away empty-handed in the same situation in the eighth.
Yamamoto settled back down with a 1-2-3 sixth inning, but he gave up back-to-back singles to open the seventh. Treinen allowed one run to come home on a Drew Gilbert dribbler in front of the plate, then gave up another pair on a Jung Hoo Lee double.