The Dodgers gave Yoshinobu Yamamoto ample run support on Sunday, as they took the finale against the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 to cap off their first winning road trip since their first of the season.
The last time Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched in the regular season in Milwaukee, he allowed six runs and failed to get out of the first inning. This time around, he faced the minimum on just nine pitches.
The Brewers once again took an early lead, this time coming in the bottom of the second inning. After Yamamoto
plunked Jake Bauers and allowed a single to Garrett Mitchell, Sal Frelick drove home Bauers on a fielder’s choice to give Milwaukee a one-run lead.
Rookie Brandon Sproat had the Dodgers scuffling at the plate over the first three innings, holding them scoreless while striking out five. He started the fourth with his sixth strikeout, but singles from Teoscar Hernández and Dalton Rushing put the tying run in scoring position. Sproat racked up his career-high seventh strikeout against Hyeseong Kim, but he plunked Miguel Rojas on the knee to load the bases and let the lead slip with a wild pitch to score Hernández.
A leadoff single from Mookie Betts and a walk from Freddie Freeman knocked Sproat out of the game in the top of the fifth inning, with the lefty Shane Drohan coming in to face Kyle Tucker. The lefty-lefty matchup backfired for Milwaukee, as Tucker roped his second triple in as many games, plating both Betts and Freeman to give the Dodgers the lead. He is the first Dodger to have a tripled in two straight games since Gavin Lux in 2021. Tucker is now has nine hits in his last 17 at-bats (.529 average) against left-handers since May 4.
Andy Pages immediately followed Tucker on the very next pitch with a two-run shot to extend the lead to four runs. The Dodgers as a team subsequently went hitless over their next nine at-bats against Drohan and failed to get another baserunner until a ninth inning walk to Shohei Ohtani.
Those five runs were the highest amount of support the Dodgers gave Yamamoto since May 4 against Houston, and Yamamoto responded by keeping the Brewers scoreless over his next five innings of work. Although the strikeouts were sparse— with his three being the second least in any start this year— and the seven hits he allowed were a season high, he was able to rely on soft contact as he induced a career-high 11 ground ball outs— two being ground ball double plays. Sunday was the first time all season that Yamamoto got a winning decision while tossing at least seven innings.
Will Klein and Tanner Scott kept up the impressive work from the Dodgers bullpen, as they now extend their franchise record scoreless streak to 38 innings.
The Dodgers have won their first series in Milwaukee since July 2024. The Dodgers finish their nine-game road trip with a 7-2 record, averaging 6.3 runs per game while taking every series.
Game particulars
- Home runs— Andy Pages (11)
- WP— Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4): 7 IP, 7 hits, 1 earned run, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts
- LP— Brandon Sproat (1-3): 4+ IP, 4 hits, 3 earned runs, 4 walks, 7 strikeouts
Up next
The Dodgers are back at home as they begin a three-game series against the Colorado Rockies on Monday (7:10 p.m. PT, SportsNet LA). Emmet Sheehan goes for the Dodgers, while the Rockies have yet to announce their starter.
