Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Yoshinobu Yamamoto spun splitters, cutters and curveballs around Toronto Blue Jays bats, logging his second-consecutive postseason complete game Saturday to help the Los Angeles Dodgers tie the World Series 1-1.
With the pristine performance, Yamamoto became the first Dodgers pitcher since Orel Hershiser in 1988 to register consecutive complete games in the playoffs. He allowed just four hits and one with, with no walks and eight strikeouts, on 105 pitches in the 5-1 win in Toronto.
"I took it inning by inning and was executing my pitches very well today," Yamamoto said on the Fox broadcast.
Yamamoto and Blue Jays starter Kevin Gausman were engaged in a pitchers' duel for the majority of the night. But Dodgers bats broke through in the seventh, headlined by home runs from catcher Will Smith and third baseman Max Muncy, to propel the victory.
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