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**Yamamoto Shines, Dodgers Rally in Extra Innings to Snap Skid**
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivered his most dominant performance yet for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night, pitching seven scoreless innings in a no-decision against the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Dodgers ultimately rallied to win 4-3 in 10 innings, ending a four-game losing streak.
Manager Dave Roberts, who rarely uses the term “ace,” bestowed the title upon Yamamoto before the game, and the Japanese right-hander lived up to the label. Yamamoto allowed just one hit – a leadoff single by Ketel Marte in the seventh, breaking up his no-hit bid – and two walks while striking out a career-high nine batters.
“That was a great game,” Yamamoto said through a translator. “A win like this is great.”
Yamamoto, who signed a $325 million, 12-year contract with the Dodgers in December, threw a career-high 110 pitches, including 62 strikes, in his fourth start of the season. He did not allow a run.
“He’s really confident in his ability,” Roberts said. “I think that the success that he’s had has given him more conviction to execute pitches, to get ahead. He was dialed in today from the first pitch. Wasn’t stressed at all. Stayed in his throw. I thought everything was consistent all night.”
Catcher Will Smith praised Yamamoto’s pitch mix and execution. “He’s always had good fastball command. Just mixing it up, keeping them off-balance, going up, down, in, out, all that. He just executed. It was really fun.”
After Arizona took a 3-1 lead in the top of the 10th on a two-run homer by Corbin Carroll off Tanner Scott, the Dodgers responded in the bottom half. Max Muncy’s sacrifice fly to center field scored Shohei Ohtani with the winning run.
“You don’t want to waste that great of an outing,” Roberts said, relieved his team could secure a victory for Yamamoto.
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