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After a pair of wins to start the Yankees series that were quite frankly surprising, the Dodgers looked to be in ideal position for a sweep with ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto going. Naturally, that led to him laboring through his outing and the bats being silenced for a 7-3 loss.
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Things got off to a rocky start in the 1st for Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the defense. He actually got a pair of outs with only a single allowed, but then issued a walk to put a pair on, and gave up another single. None of that is good, but it wouldn’t have been a problem had Andy Pages not airmailed a throw home where he had the runner out by a mile, so that boner made it 1-0 Yankees. Worse yet, after catching the ball backing up the play, Yamamoto’s throw to second saw that runner also dead out, but Enrique Hernandez couldn’t hold on to the tag there and both runners moved up as well.
The Martian gets us on the board ? pic.twitter.com/CJSJceTe4x
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) June 1, 2025
Yamamoto then issued another walk to load the bases, but managed to escape disaster with a groundout to end the 1st. So the defense cost him a run, as well as eight pitches.
Things didn’t a ton better in the 2nd, as a lead-off single was followed by a passed ball on Will Smith, and then a grounder right back up the middle that would’ve been a double play instead advanced the runner for the first out. Thankfully, Yamamoto then got a groundout and popout to end the inning without damage.
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On the other side, old friend Ryan Yarbrough got his World Series ring from the Dodgers during the series and started with a clean 1st against them. In the 2nd, he gave up a one-out double to Pages, which was quickly erased when he tried to steal third for whatever reason and was dead out.
Got 'em ? pic.twitter.com/UCDWLBRTiW
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) June 1, 2025
That ended up hurting as immediately following that Tommy Edman smacked his ninth homer of the year to tie things up at 1-1.
Tommy ties it! pic.twitter.com/U7rYZBHQX8
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 1, 2025
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Unfortunately, the struggles of Yamamoto continued in the 3rd. He issued a lead-off walk to continue his command issues, then hung a 1-2 split to Ben Rice, who pummeled it for a two-run homer.
Rice, Rice, Baby ? pic.twitter.com/WD85wRJVvy
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) June 1, 2025
After getting an out, he then gave up back-to-back singles to corner the runners. Yamamoto then notched a strikeout to put him on the verge of escape, but he then uncorked a wild pitch (on a split, of course) to allow another run to score, making it 4-1 Yankees. He eventually got the final out, but was up to 77 pitches after three.
After giving up a lead-off single in the 4th, he got the next two outs and was run from the game due to pitch count. He basically had nothing: 3.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 BB, 2 K, 96 Pitches.
Anthony Banda took over for him, and while the runner stole second, he got the final out of the frame. He didn’t fare as well in the 5th, giving up a walk, steal, got an out, and then issued another walk before being relieved. He ended up being charged with two runs as Lou Trivino entered and gave up back-to-back singles to make it 6-1 Yankees before he was able to get the final two outs of the inning.
DJ Delivers ? pic.twitter.com/DdzXrqbsKB
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) June 2, 2025
Peraza plates Wells ? pic.twitter.com/yIul8BtXOo
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) June 2, 2025
Noah Davis took over and delivered scoreless innings in the 6th and 7th despite hitting two batters and giving up a single, getting a little help from Smith on a caught stealing.
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Most of this didn’t matter because Yarbrough carved up the Dodgers. He got 1-2-3 innings in the 3rd, 4th, and 6th, only facing some trouble due to a pair of two-out singles in the 5th that led to zilch. The bats had nothing for him.
As soon as he was removed in the 7th, the Dodgers made things a little interesting against their pen, as Pages hit his 11th homer and Max Muncy smashed his seventh to make it 6-3 Yankees.
Andy and Max power. pic.twitter.com/jmMDRcoJSr
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 2, 2025
Back to the other side, Chris Stratton entered for the Dodgers and got a scoreless 8th, but then in the 9th issued a walk, stolen base, and double for an insurance run to make it 7-3 Yankees.
Their pen unfortunately managed to stop the bleeding and finished the game with two scoreless frames to hand the Dodgers a loss.
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Would be more appropriate if Ben Casparius were carrying them, I think.
— Chad Moriyama (@chadmoriyama.bsky.social) June 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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| NL West | Record | GB |
|---|---|---|
| Dodgers | 36-23 | – |
| Padres | 32-25 | 2.0 |
| Giants | 33-26 | 3.0 |
The Dodgers will now welcome the Mets to Dodger Stadium for a four-game series, starting tomorrow at 4:10 PM HT/7:10 PM PT/10:10 PM ET on MLB Network. It’ll be Dustin May looking to continue his effective run against Paul Blackburn coming off the IL to make his season debut.
