Overview
- Yamamoto earned the mark with a six-inning, one-run outing in the Dodgers’ 4-3 win at Citi Field that gave him his 30th MLB victory and brought his combined career total to 100 when paired with 70 NPB wins.
- He allowed five hits, issued three walks, struck out five and threw 100 pitches with 65 for strikes, surrendering the lone run on a two-out single in the fifth inning.
- Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he was unaware the win was Yamamoto’s 100th and described the performance as “good, not great” because of the control lapses and inefficiency.
- The victory left Yamamoto 11-6 with a 2.72 ERA for the season and season totals of 125 2/3 innings, a 0.90 WHIP and 118 strikeouts, and he has gone at least six innings in 17 of 19 starts.
- Yamamoto’s rise from a fourth-round NPB draft pick to a multi-award winner with Orix and a 12-year, $325 million Dodgers contract frames the milestone as evidence of sustained value and points to expectations that he can build on this consistency going forward.