Chris Taylor had a clutch two-out, game-winning hit, Shohei Ohtani did injury with runners in scoring place as nicely, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto earned 9 strikeouts. Regardless of all that, the Dodgers closed out a shedding streak with a 9-4 loss at dwelling to the Mets on Friday evening at Dodger Stadium.
It was a mistake-laden affair on either side, with a mixed 5 errors, however the Mets stayed forward for probably the most half. The decisive blow got here within the seventh inning by the hands of one of the vital struggling stars of this recreation in 2024. Francisco Lindor who was hitting .151 coming into this sequence, pounced on a 3-2 breaking ball for a go-ahead two. -run shot within the seventh off Daniel Hudson.
For followers of various levels, from probably the most informal to these taking a look at Gavin Stone's xFIP at the beginning of 2024, it grew to become fairly clear all through most of this outing that the Mets had been sitting on the fastball of Yamamoto.
One specific at-bat in opposition to Starling Marte stood out tonight, and it got here after the veteran outfielder had a 95-MPH flyout on a fastball. Throughout Mars' second plate look, the rely was 3-1 and avoiding the heater, Yamamoto threw a lovely curveball into the zone to make the rely full. On the following pitch, the Dodgers starter returned to the heater and Marte hammered for a double to left.
After utilizing a forty five.1 p.c four-seam fastball in his final begin, Yamamoto had his lowest mark in 2024, throwing simply 24 p.c of the time (24 out of 99 pitches) Friday. Not like what we noticed within the recreation in opposition to the Padres, Yamamoto couldn’t or didn’t current the heater within the zone. It was all down, and when the Mets linked (doing so in seven of eight swings), they punished him.
The plus facet is that Yamamoto was as nasty as ever together with his splitter and curve, wrapping up his six innings of labor with 9 punchouts. Because of an error and Chris Taylor's two-run single within the sixth, Yamamoto spit the hook and earned a top quality begin, although 4 runs crossed the plate whereas there.
After taking place late, the Dodgers threatened a few instances. Nonetheless, Mookie Betts and James Outman each got here up quick on a pair of flyouts to finish the seventh and eighth frames, each of which might have drastically modified the course of this recreation.
Particular Friday
Programs at dwelling: DJ Stewart (3), Francisco Lindor (2)
WP – Reed Garrett (3-0): 1 IP, 1 hit, 2 unearned runs, 1 strikeout
LP – Daniel Hudson (1-1): 1 IP, 1 hit, 2 runs (1 earned), 2 strikeouts
Subsequent
With Bobby Miller's damage and a little bit of a delay round Walker Buehler's return, a bit of extra is required out of the back-end arms within the rotation like Gavin Stone and James Paxton, the previous of whom will take the ball this Saturday (1:05 p.m. SportsNet LA, FS1). José Butto begins for the Mets.