After the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees had their game rained out on Saturday, the two clubs matched up for a doubleheader starting on Sunday morning.
The Dodgers had already taken the first game of the series on Friday, and with their win in Game 1 of the doubleheader on Sunday, they’ve now clinched a series win. They’ll have a chance to sweep the series in the second game later tonight.
Dodgers 8, Yankees 2: key takeaways
Yoshinobu Yamamoto in complete control
Yoshinobu Yamamoto was excellent and continued his dominance over the Yankees throughout his career. The right-hander turned in the first complete game of his career in the regular season and limited the Yankees’ offense all game.
Yamamoto was perfect for the first three innings, but allowed a solo home run to Trent Grisham. He did not pitch out of the stretch until the seventh inning when Ben Rice hit a leadoff double, but Yamamoto stranded him at second base.
The Yankees got another one in the eighth when Jazz Chisholm Jr. doubled after Andy Pages lost the fly ball in the sun, and he scored on a bloop single from Anthony Volpe.
Yamamoto finished his outing, pitching nine innings, allowing two runs on four hits with seven strikeouts and no walks.
Gavin Stone was the last Dodgers pitcher to throw a complete game in the regular season, which came in June 2024.
Dodgers offense chases Yankees ace early
The Dodgers’ offense faced a challenge with Yankees’ ace Cam Schlittler on the mound, but they chased him from the game after just 4.1 innings pitched. It is one of just a few starts that Schlittler was unable to get through at least five innings this year.
The right-hander started the game with four consecutive strikeouts, and did have his swing and miss stuff working as he recorded eight in his outing. But he also allowed six hits and three runs.
Tommy Edman started a rally in the third inning with a one-out single, and the Dodgers scored first when Shohei Ohtani doubled him home. Ohtani then ended up scoring on an RBI single from Freddie Freeman to double the Dodgers’ lead.
Andy Pages chased Schlittler from the game in the fifth inning with an RBI double that scored Edman, who was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning.
The Dodgers didn’t do much against the Yankees’ bullpen until the eighth inning, when they broke through for five more runs.
Max Muncy took a one-out walk and Kyle Tucker followed with a single to set up the rally. Teoscar Hernández doubled home the fourth run of the game, and then Dalton Rushing walked to load the bases.
Tommy Edman followed with a two-run single to put the Dodgers up 6-1, and then Ohtani hit an RBI single for their seventh run of the game. Their fifth run of the inning came on a sacrifice fly by Freeman.
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