Yoshinobu Yamamoto obtained his first victory with the Los Angeles Dodgers and his first in his Major League career.
The Japanese dominated the Chicago Cubs in 5.0 innings, without runs and 8 strikeouts. Yamamoto is the eighth Japanese to score a victory for the Dodgers franchise.
The last pitcher to win a game with the Dodgers was Kenta Maeda in the 2016 season. Maeda holds the record for most debut year wins with 16.
These are the 8 Japanese pitchers who have at least one victory with Los Angeles Dodgers:
Hideo Nomo – 84
Kenta Maeda – 47
Hiroki Kuroda – 41
Kazuhiza Ishii – 36
Takashi Saito – 12
Yu Darvish – 4
Yoshinobu Yamamoto – 1*
Asset Yamamoto has a contract for 12 years and $325 million
of dollars so he could become the Japanese pitcher with the most wins in franchise history.
Next year the Dodgers hope to have two Japanese pitchers in the rotation with the recovery of Shohei Ohtani. Hideo Nomo was the first Japanese pitcher to reach the Major Leagues.
Nomo spent seven seasons in a Dodgers uniform and also pitched a no-hitter with the Boston Red Sox. Of the list of pitchers with a victory with the Dodgers, there are three active pitchers. Kenta Maeda (Detroit Tigers), Yu Darvish (San Diego Padres) and Yoshinobu Yamamoto
(Los Angeles Dodgers).
Dodgers break five-run streak in victory against Cubs
Yoshinobu Yamamoto led and got the Dodgers their first win in the majors, completely drying up Chicago’s attack by pitching in five innings in which he only allowed three hits and no runs.
The main advantage was gained by the Angelenos in the fifth inning with three runs scored by Shohei Ohtani and the Dominican Teoscar Hernández, driven by Max Muncy. The last score to seal came in the eighth.
The Cubs avoided a scoreless score in their at-bat in the ninth.
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