Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Copyrighted by Sarah Morris, 2024
On another beautiful Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium, Yoshinobu Yamamoto dominated the lowly Miami Marlins. Max Muncy continued his torrid hitting with a grand slam and a double. Gavin Lux blasted his first home run of the year. The first place Los Angeles Dodgers beat the last place Miami Marlins 8-to-2.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto, coming off two scoreless outings, allowed a solo home run to Jazz Chisholm on the first pitch of the game. He retired the next three hitters.
Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman walked in the first. Will Smith walked to load the bases. Max Muncy emptied the bases with an opposite-field grand slam.
Yamamoto had thrown 19 strikes before throwing a ball. He had a perfect second inning.
While Ohtani walked in the second, he didn’t score.
Yamamoto was perfect in the third.
The Marlins had a new pitcher for the third, and he hit Smith with a pitch. Muncy doubled Smith to third. Teoscar Hernandez walked to load the bases. Andy Pages had a sacrifice fly. A throwing error by a catcher scored Muncy. Gavin Lux blasted a two-run homer, his first of the season.
With exquisite control, Yamamoto dominated the free-swinging young Marlins through three innings. He used a spectacular split finger to strike out the first batter in the fourth. With two outs, Yamamoto allowed a double. He also had a good curveball. He didn’t let the run score.
The Dodgers were retired in order in the fourth.
Yamamoto breezed through the fifth.
In the fifth, the Dodgers didn’t do anything.
In the sixth, Yamamoto allowed another solo homer, but he continued to dominate and impress.
Miguel Rojas pinch hitting for Mookie Betts singled in the sixth but didn’t leave first base.
Yamamoto was perfect in the seventh.
Freeman singled to start the seventh but didn’t leave first.
In the eighth, Yamamoto allowed a single but finished the eighth without having the Marlins score.
The Dodgers did nothing in the eighth.
In the ninth, J.P. Feyereisen pitched a perfect ninth.
