Yoshinobu Yamamoto left his begin Saturday in opposition to the Royals after simply two innings, and slowed down on the mound, with what the Dodgers introduced was triceps tightness.
Yamamoto pitched two scoreless innings on 27 pitches. He averaged 94.1 mph on his 14 four-seam fastballs Saturday, a tick and a half off his season common, and was at 93 mph within the second inning. Within the backside of the second inning,
SportsNet LA confirmed Mark Prior jogging to Dave Roberts to alert him to some kind of assembly within the dugout tunnel, joined by trainers Yosuke Nakajima and Thomas Albert. Roberts' response was disagreeable.
Michael Grove changed Yamamoto on the mound to open the third inning.
Yamamoto on Saturday pitched on seven days' relaxation after pitching seven scoreless innings final weekend at Yankee Stadium, throughout which his four-seam fastball averaged 97 mph and his two-seamer averaged 96.6 mph, each a tick and a half from his season common. . The Dodgers moved up their begin two days this week to provide them additional relaxation.
Yamamoto excelled in his first two and a half months within the majors, with a 2.92 ERA and a couple of.65 ERA in his 14 begins, with 84 strikeouts and 17 walks in 74 innings.
