The Dodgers and Padres wrap up their two-game Seoul Series Thursday morning where Yoshinobu Yamamoto gets the ball for the first time against righty Joe Musgrove. Watch the game LIVE at 6 a.m. ET/3 a.m. PT on TSN4, TSN5, TSN.ca and the TSN App.
The Dodgers and Padres wrap up their two-game Seoul Series Thursday morning where Yamamoto gets the ball against righty Joe Musgrove.
Yamamoto debuts with one of the most impressive resumes of any Japanese pitcher to make the jump to MLB. The 25-year-old righty won three straight pitching triple crowns in Japan’s NPB League with the Orix Buffaloes. He signed a 12-year, $325 million deal with the Dodgers last December and, according to reports, passed on a bigger offer to join Ohtani in L.A.
Yamamoto made three starts during the spring with his new team and the results didn’t exactly go as planned. In those three outings, Yamamoto’s ERA sits at 8.38 and he’s allowed a total of 15 hits and four walks in just 9.2 innings. But Yamamoto does have 14 punchouts, and many of the hits allowed in his second outing were infield singles.
“It’s spring training. Guys aren’t always going to have their A-stuff, so you have to figure out how to maneuver when they’re figuring things out. I thought he ended up throwing pretty well. Some unlucky breaks out there. A ball off him and some tough hops,” Dodgers catcher“I’m having a king of cloud-nine feeling. And also, this is the first time the opening games of the regular season are in Korea.
Ohtani collected two hits, an RBI and a stolen base in his first regular-season game in Dodger blue, including an RBI single in the eighth that helped the Dodgers extend their lead.. “The bigger picture it's significant because you've got such a generational talent that is on your ballclub in a big market in Los Angeles. There's a lot more eyeballs on the Dodgers and on Major League Baseball.
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