"The key for the Toronto Blue Jays to win the World Series is to find a way to do some damage against Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Over the 27-year-old's past two starts, he's pitched 18 innings, giving up two earned runs, allowing four hits, issuing one walk, and striking out 15. That said, as good as he is, he can be beaten. Take Game 3 of the National League Divisional Series, where the Philadelphia Phillies put up three runs on him in the top of the fourth en route to an 8-2 win."
"One of those nine-inning complete games came in Game 2 of the World Series against the Blue Jays. In the Los Angeles Dodgers' 5-1 win, Yamamoto finished with a line of 9 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, retiring the final 19 batters he faced. Past the third inning, no Blue Jay even reached base. It was a dominant pitching performance, but the Blue Jays found some early success against him, even if it didn't translate to runs."
Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been dominant, pitching 18 innings across two starts with two earned runs, four hits, one walk and 15 strikeouts. He allowed three runs in Game 3 of the NLDS but otherwise blanked opponents. In Game 2 of the World Series he threw a nine-inning complete game, 9 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, retiring the final 19 batters. The Blue Jays produced early baserunners and scoring chances — a 0-2 George Springer double and two stranded in the first, an Ernie Clement single stranded in the second, and a third-inning sac fly by Alejandro Kirk. Yamamoto’s pitch counts (23, 33, 46 through the first three innings) showed increasing strength, totaling 105 pitches.
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