{"id":112929,"date":"2024-10-11T13:35:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T06:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112929"},"modified":"2024-10-11T13:35:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T06:35:02","slug":"yoshinobu-yamamoto-to-start-for-dodgers-in-nlds-game-5-vs-padres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112929","title":{"rendered":"Yoshinobu Yamamoto to start for Dodgers in NLDS Game 5 vs. Padres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-element=\"story-body\" data-subscriber-content=\"\">\n<p>Exactly 25 hours before the biggest game of his team\u2019s season,<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/dodgers\/story\/2024-10-07\/dodgers-manager-dave-roberts-questions-manny-machado-intent-on-throw\" data-autoplayable-video=\"true\"><u> Dodgers manager Dave Roberts<\/u><\/a> was sure of only one thing about his pitching plans for<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/dodgers\/story\/2024-10-10\/column-dodgers-shaikin-game-4\"><u> Game 5 in the National League Division Series<\/u><\/a> on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sure Yoshinobu will be a part of it,\u201d Roberts said Thursday, referring to $325-million offseason signing <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/dodgers\/story\/2024-10-06\/yoshinobu-yamamoto-struggles-dodgers-nlds\">Yoshinobu Yamamoto<\/a>, his Game 1 starter.<\/p>\n<p>Later the Dodgers announced Yamamoto will start Friday\u2019s winner-take-all showdown with the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium, clearing up one part of a pitching plan that could determine the fate of L.A.\u2019s 98-win season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverall, kind of where Yoshinobu is at, I feel really comfortable,\u201d Roberts said earlier in the day. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m personally really looking forward to it, how he will pitch,\u201d teammate <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/dodgers\/story\/2024-10-09\/shohei-ohtani-dodgers-playoffs-nlds-padres\">Shohei Ohtani<\/a> added in Japanese, dropping a hint that Yamamoto would square off against fellow Japanese right-hander Yu Darvish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be pressure,\u201d Ohtani added. \u201cBut personally, I\u2019m looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before the announcement, it was unclear if Yamamoto would start  or follow an opener \u2014 with Roberts leaving open the possibility of leaning on his relievers again after the Dodgers\u2019 bullpen game in <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/dodgers\/story\/2024-10-09\/dodgers-dominate-padres-nlds-game-4\">Game 4 produced an 8-0 win<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The bullpen still could play a key role Friday night, with all of the top relievers expected to be available after Thursday\u2019s off day. But, Yamamoto will get the ball first, shouldering the kind of intense October pressure the Dodgers envisioned when they signed him to his 12-year contract.<\/p>\n<p>When the Dodgers made a late change to their starting rotation for this series last week, they did it with this exact situation in mind.<\/p>\n<p>After initially announcing that trade-deadline acquisition <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/zvddtgqbfty-123\" data-autoplayable-video=\"true\">Jack Flaherty<\/a> would start Game 1, the Dodgers instead bumped Yamamoto up to the opener and Flaherty to Game 2. The idea was to keep both pitchers available for a potential fifth game, giving Yamamoto his standard five days of rest \u2014 a schedule he has followed all season since arriving from Japan \u2014 and Flaherty the typical four days most pitchers  take between starts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"enhancement\" data-click=\"enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"video-enhancement\" data-video-disable-history=\"\">\n<div class=\"video-enhancement-player\">  <ps-youtubeplayer data-video-player=\"\" class=\"youtube-video-player video-player youtube-video-player-facade\" data-player-id=\"f798695ad8c374ef59338aa74f99f015c\" data-video-id=\"xYOa0wEEjpc\" data-video-title=\"Dodgers show up big, finally, in NLDS Game 4\" data-slot-name=\"\/21787098806\/web.latimes\/sports\/dodgers\/video\" data-lazy-offset=\"1.0\" data-autoplay-threshold=\"50\" data-miniplayer=\"\" data-video-authors=\"Jack Harris, Dylan Hern\u00e1ndez, Bill Plaschke, Mark E. 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Yamamoto not only was knocked around<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/dodgers\/liveblog\/dodgers-padres-nlds-game-1-live-updates-tv-channel-start-time-betting-odds\"><u> in Game 1<\/u><\/a>, giving up five runs in three innings, but he also was believed to be<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/dodgers\/story\/2024-10-06\/yoshinobu-yamamoto-struggles-dodgers-nlds\"><u> tipping pitches<\/u><\/a>, a problem that plagued him early in his rookie season.<\/p>\n<p>Flaherty, meanwhile, was only slightly better in<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/dodgers\/story\/2024-10-06\/jurickson-profar-dodgers-pitching-padres-nlds-game-2\"><u> Game 2<\/u><\/a>, managing to pitch into the sixth inning but also giving up four runs in a loss.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers\u2019 bullpen-game success Wednesday night provided another twist. After watching eight pitchers cover nine dominant innings, Roberts seemed intrigued by the idea of running back a similar plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re still talking through it,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cI think the main variable is seeing our [relief] guys go out there today, play catch, see how they feel, which will give us a little bit more information on ultimately who takes the brunt of the game, who starts the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut coming off of what they did last night,\u201d Roberts added of the bullpen, \u201cmakes everyone feel pretty confident going into Game 5.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the Dodgers will begin the game with Yamamoto, confident the pitch-tipping issues that possibly plagued him in Game 1 have been rectified.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019ve cleaned stuff up,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cWhen he\u2019s convicted and ripping it and attacking hitters with his pitch mix, he\u2019s as good as anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A 26-year-old who had a decorated career in Japan, Yamamoto struggled at times in a rookie campaign that wasn\u2019t as smooth as expected.<\/p>\n<p>In his debut during the season-opening trip to South Korea, he was battered by the Padres for five runs in just one  inning.<\/p>\n<div class=\"enhancement\" data-click=\"enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<figure class=\"figure\"> <picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/8097d20\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5311x3541+0+0\/resize\/320x213!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2a%2F2f%2F8d67d41d4ec18f0642b554c09578%2F1478001-1005-sp-nlds-dodgers-padres-game1-rcg-025.jpg 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1024w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/28b4a2a\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5311x3541+0+0\/resize\/1200x800!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2a%2F2f%2F8d67d41d4ec18f0642b554c09578%2F1478001-1005-sp-nlds-dodgers-padres-game1-rcg-025.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/28b4a2a\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5311x3541+0+0\/resize\/1200x800!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2a%2F2f%2F8d67d41d4ec18f0642b554c09578%2F1478001-1005-sp-nlds-dodgers-padres-game1-rcg-025.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/picture>\n<div class=\"figure-content\">\n<p>Yoshinobu Yamamoto reacts after giving up a two-run home run to San Diego\u2019s Manny Machado in Game 1 of the NLDS on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>(Robert Gauthier \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>The Dodgers believed then that Yamamoto had been tipping pitches, at least from the stretch \u2014 an issue that, once rectified with a tweak to his prepitch glove positioning, paved the way for steady improvement early in the season.<\/p>\n<p>In 12 starts from March 30 to June 7, Yamamoto was 8-4 with a 2.41 ERA, averaging more than 10 strikeouts per nine innings with a mid-90s fastball and off-speed combination of curveballs, sliders and splitters.<\/p>\n<p>That run crescendoed with a June 7 start against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium, when Yamamoto averaged a season-best 97 mph with his fastball en route to a scoreless seven-inning, seven-strikeout, two-hit gem.<\/p>\n<p>However, in Yamamoto\u2019s following outing (which was delayed several days because of tightness in his triceps), he lasted just two innings before exiting with a shoulder injury.<\/p>\n<p>The diagnosis was a strained rotator cuff. And for the next three months, Yamamoto was on the injured list.<br \/>He returned to action in early September, making four starts at the end of the season. While his ERA was 3.38 over that stretch, he pitched past the fourth inning just one time.<\/p>\n<p>Then came Game 1  last Saturday, when he gave up three runs in the first inning and two more in the third.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s some things that I think we\u2019re going to dig into, because I think at second base they had some things with his glove and giving away some pitches,\u201d Roberts said after that game, indicating Padres baserunners were identifying Yamamoto\u2019s pitches and relaying signs to the batter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s part of baseball,\u201d Roberts added. \u201cSo it\u2019s on us to kind of clean that up and not give away what pitch he\u2019s going to throw.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers might not need a ton of length from Yamamoto on Friday night, with a deep and versatile bullpen (which also should have Flaherty\u2019s services if needed) beckoning behind him.<\/p>\n<p>But they will need him to set the tone and try to continue the staff\u2019s streak of 15 scoreless innings over the last game and a half.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think our only focus,\u201d Roberts said, \u201cis finding the best pitchers to prevent runs tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"freeman-likely-rojas-doubtful-for-game-5\" class=\"subhead\">Freeman likely, Rojas doubtful for Game 5<\/h2>\n<p>While Roberts said he doesn\u2019t anticipate injured shortstop <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/story\/2024-10-10\/miguel-rojas-game-3-mistake-instagram-dodgers-padres\">Miguel Rojas<\/a> (adductor) being in the starting lineup, he did provide a more optimistic update on first baseman <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/dodgers\/story\/2024-10-04\/freddie-freeman-ankle-sprain-injury-dodgers-padres\">Freddie Freeman<\/a> and his sprained right ankle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Freddie is going to be in there,\u201d Roberts said, after Freeman was removed early from Games 2 and 3 and didn\u2019t play in Game 4.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith two days off \u2014 he didn\u2019t try to get ready yesterday \u2014 he\u2019s feeling better today with treatment. So I just feel like tomorrow he\u2019ll be in there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Freeman spent a few minutes on the field during Thursday\u2019s workout, going through agility and baserunning drills. 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