- Yoshinobu dealt through 7 innings worth of work, fanning 8 of 26 batters with zero run support
- Ohtani reached base 3 of 4 times (1 walk + 2 hits) but nobody could drive him in
- Andujar's 98.1 mph solo shot to left-center in the bottom of the 1st was the only run of the game
Man, this one stings WAY too much!
Over in San Diego against the Padres, we got shut out 0-1. There's no sleeping after this one... Yoshinobu pitched his tail off and the bats did NOTHING. Game ended right as I cracked open my third beer. You gotta be kidding me...
Yoshinobu eating an L tonight is just wrong
Looking at the line tonight, Yoshinobu Yamamoto was absolutely a winning pitcher. 26 batters faced, 3 hits allowed, 8 strikeouts, 2 walks. Topped out at 97 mph, averaged 92, ball hopping all night. The splitter was filthy too — Padres hitters were swinging through air all game.
But that one swing in the bottom of the 1st... Andujar lined one out to left-center. Exit velo 98.1 mph, 23-degree launch, 376 feet. He just absolutely squared that one up. ONE pitch. Just one. And that ended up being the deciding run — baseball is just cruel, man. Sorry Yoshinobu, the offense let you down... go get 'em back next start, alright?!
Shohei is putting in the WORK, seriously
Now here's the thing — Shohei reached base 3 out of 4 times. The man's doing too much.
Top of the 1st, he took the first pitch then got beat by a slider, but exit velo 99.1 mph, 40-degree launch. A few more feet and that's in the seats — SO close! I literally jumped up going "is that gone?!" before it died in left-center... aw man.
Top of the 4th — this is peak Shohei. Worked a full count and grinded out a walk. Laying off back-to-back 95 mph heaters from King? That eye is just unreal.
Top of the 6th, he muscled the first-pitch changeup just enough. A scrappy 39.7 mph ground-ball single sneaking into left-center. Exit velo doesn't matter — these are the contact hits a team NEEDS! Two outs and he finds a way on. Gutsy at-bat!
Top of the 8th he was completely sitting on the changeup and smoked a 95.3 mph liner down the right-field line. He was ALL OVER the changeup pattern — what a read. Brought the tying run to the plate too, but... nobody behind him could keep it going.
Offense, you gotta help us out here
Shohei reaches base 3 times and we can't push him across? That's what kills me the most. Betts, Freeman, T. Hernandez — please, tomorrow, I'm begging you.
Can't waste a Yoshinobu gem like that, Dodgers offense! Yoshinobu, nice pitching. Shohei, nice hitting. Let's flip the page tomorrow — the season's a long one! Welp, time for another beer from the fridge...
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