Dodgers, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Game 6
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Check out the back-to-back complete games from Yoshinobu Yamamoto in 2025 and Orel Hershiser in 1988, the last two Dodgers to accomplish this feat
The past two seasons, the Los Angeles Dodgers have been the dominant force in the MLB, and pitching has been a large part of that. Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been a key contributor so far this postseason,
Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the first Dodgers pitcher in nearly 40 years to throw back-to-back complete games in the playoffs in a 5-1 win over the Blue Jays in Game 2 of the World Series.
Two days after throwing a complete game on 105 pitches, Yoshinobu Yamamoto pressed himself into duty for a Dodgers team that had exhausted its entire bullpen. The sight of him tossing in the bullpen was nearly as big a spectacle as Game 3 of the World Series itself,
Yamamoto became the first pitcher since Curt Schilling in 2001 to throw a complete game in back-to-back postseason starts.
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