"Yoshinobu Yamamoto has made eight postseason starts thus far with the Los Angeles Dodgers and just authored arguably his most impressive performance yet in Game 2 of the World Series. Outside of a shaky start against the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League Division Series, Yamamoto has been excellent this postseason. He threw complete game against the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 2 of the NL Championship Series to give the Dodgers a 2-0 lead, and went nine innings against the Toronto Blue Jays as well."
"But he has taken a couple of teachings from Clayton Kershaw and applied them during his postseason starts. "One thing I learned from him, of course, is technical things when you face a hitter; how to think and how to attack them," Yamamoto said through interpreter Yoshihiro Sonoda. "And another thing is how to bring the energy into the one game.""
"Yamamoto battled through a Major League learning curve and right shoulder injury last season to deliver much-needed innings as a starter in October. The right-hander stumbled initially with five earned runs through three innings in his first start, but only allowed three runs in 15.2 innings the rest of the way. A second trip to the playoffs has been even better, with Yamamoto yielding a 1.57 ERA in 28 innings across four starts thus far."
Yoshinobu Yamamoto has made eight postseason starts for the Los Angeles Dodgers and produced standout performances, including a dominant Game 2 of the World Series. After a shaky NLDS start, he threw a complete game in Game 2 of the NLCS and went nine innings against Toronto. The Milwaukee outing was the Dodgers' first postseason complete game since 2004 and marked back-to-back postseason complete games not seen since 1988. Yamamoto drew on playoff experience in Japan and adopted technical and energy-focused lessons from Clayton Kershaw. He overcame a learning curve and shoulder injury and has a 1.57 ERA in 28 postseason innings.
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