Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Dodgers “looked better than ever” after recovering from an injury
Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes loved what he saw Tuesday night out of starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who returned to a Major League mound after missing three months with a strained rotator cuff.
After watching Yamamoto allow just four hits, no walks and one earned run while striking out eight in 4.1 innings, Barnes told reporters: “It was pretty surprising. I didn’t know how he was gonna look coming back from this, and he looked better than ever.”
Despite Yamamoto’s dominant outing, the Dodgers fell 6-3 at home to the Chicago Cubs, dropping them to 86-59 on the season, which is 4.5 games ahead of the San Diego Padres for the National League West lead and one game behind the Philadelphia Phillies for the best record in the NL.
