Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched out of two early jams in five scoreless innings for his first career major league victory, Max Muncy hit a two-run single and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 4-1 on Saturday.
CHICAGO — Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched out of two early jams in five scoreless innings for his first career major league victory,had two hits and reached base three times to help the Dodgers improve to 8-3 with their fifth victory in six games.
There was a standing-room-only crowd to see the Cubs play Ohtani and the Dodgers on a cool, sunny, late afternoon game.on three straight curveballs, got Swanson looking on a fastball and Busch looking with a curve on his 27th pitch. In the second inning, he got out of another bases-loaded jam afterYamamoto, who signed a record $325 million, 12-year contract with the Dodgers in the offseason retired the final nine batters he faced.
Wicks allowed two runs on six hits with one walk. He struck out seven and threw a career-high 100 pitches.Suzuki got the better of Ohtani in the opener of a weekend series that features four of the majors’ best Japanese players. Ohtani hit a two-run homer in his first career game at Wrigley Field on Friday, but Suzuki lined a two-run double during Chicago’s five-run second inning.and designated RHP Dinelson Lament for assignment.
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