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Japan Times
2 days ago
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- Japan Times
Yamamoto struggles as Yankees shut down Dodgers to avoid sweep
Ben Rice hit a two-run home run and left-hander Ryan Yarbrough went six strong innings against his former club as the visiting New York Yankees avoided a three-game sweep in a World Series rematch with a 7-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday. DJ LeMahieu had four hits and drove in a pair of runs as the Yankees finished a 6-3 road trip against the Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Angels and Dodgers. It was LeMahieu's first four-hit game since June of 2021. Yarbrough (3-0), who received his World Series ring this weekend after making 32 relief appearances with the Dodgers last season, gave up one run on four hits with no walks and five strikeouts in his fifth start of the season. Tommy Edman, Andy Pages and Max Muncy each hit home runs for the Dodgers, who saw a late surge fall short after scoring a combined 26 runs in two victories to start the series. Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-4) gave up four runs while tying a career high with seven hits allowed in 3 2/3 innings as he gave up three walks. He failed to complete five innings for the first time this season. The Yankees took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a single from Jasson Dominguez, before the Dodgers tied it in the second on Edman's ninth home run. New York moved in front for good in the third inning when Rice followed a leadoff walk to Aaron Judge with a two-run home run to center field. Anthony Volpe and Austin Wells singled with one out and Volpe scored on a two-out wild pitch from Yamamoto. The Dodgers closed within 6-3 in the seventh inning against right-hander Jonathan Loaisiga when Pages and Muncy hit home runs in a span of three batters. Muncy hit his third home run in two games and now has seven on the season. LeMahieu's fourth hit of the game was an RBI double in the ninth. Dominguez hurt his left thumb after stealing second base in the fifth inning. The Dodgers were playing without Mookie Betts, who missed the series with a fracture at the tip of a toe on his left foot.
Reuters
2 days ago
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- Reuters
Ryan Yarbrough, Yankees shut down Dodgers to avoid sweep
June 2 - Ben Rice hit a two-run home run and left-hander Ryan Yarbrough went six strong innings against his former club as the visiting New York Yankees avoided a three-game sweep in a World Series rematch with a 7-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday. DJ LeMahieu had four hits and drove in a pair of runs as the Yankees finished a 6-3 road trip against the Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Angels and Dodgers. It was LeMahieu's first four-hit game since June of 2021. Yarbrough (3-0), who received his World Series ring this weekend after making 32 relief appearances with the Dodgers last season, gave up one run on four hits with no walks and five strikeouts in his fifth start of the season. Tommy Edman, Andy Pages and Max Muncy each hit home runs for the Dodgers, who saw a late surge fall short after scoring a combined 26 runs in two victories to start the series. Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-4) gave up four runs while tying a career high with seven hits allowed in 3 2/3 innings as he gave up three walks. He failed to complete five innings for the first time this season. The Yankees took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a single from Jasson Dominguez, before the Dodgers tied it in the second on Edman's ninth home run. New York moved in front for good in the third inning when Rice followed a leadoff walk to Aaron Judge with a two-run home run to center field. Anthony Volpe and Austin Wells singled with one out and Volpe scored on a two-out wild pitch from Yamamoto. The Dodgers closed within 6-3 in the seventh inning against right-hander Jonathan Loaisiga when Pages and Muncy hit home runs in a span of three batters. Muncy hit his third home run in two games and now has seven on the season. LeMahieu's fourth hit of the game was an RBI double in the ninth. Dominguez hurt his left thumb after stealing second base in the fifth inning. The Dodgers were playing without Mookie Betts, who missed the series with a fracture at the tip of a toe on his left foot. --Field Level Media
New York Post
2 days ago
- Sport
- New York Post
The long-term payoff Yankees are hoping for from ‘heightened-up' Dodgers series
Access the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. Try it free LOS ANGELES — If nothing else, the Yankees are hoping their weekend series against the Dodgers will at least have one positive. The World Series rematch obviously did not come with the kind of pressure and high stakes that last October did, but the environment at Dodger Stadium — especially for a late May/early June series — felt big, which could have a payoff in the long run for some of the Yankees' young core. Anthony Volpe and Austin Wells got a taste of playing in the real thing last October, but Ben Rice, Jasson Domínguez (aside from pinch running three times) and Will Warren did not. 3 Will Warren throws a pitch during his start against the Dodgers on May 31. Getty Images 'I think they're beneficial, yes,' manager Aaron Boone said before their 7-3 win in the series finale on Sunday. 'We talk about these series, the Subway Series, obviously coming here and playing the Dodgers, the different big series that you face in the course of the year. 'The biggest thing is we do treat them all the same, but I think there's benefits for our players to play in these environments and these heightened-up series. I do think there's some benefit to that. It's all part of gaining experience in the league.' Not much had gone the Yankees' way through the first two games of the series, aside from Aaron Judge's three home runs, though nothing they did this weekend was going to make last October any less painful. But perhaps there was something to be gained for the young players who have bigger roles now than they did in October. Rice was on the ALDS roster only, but did not appear in a game. Domínguez pinch ran twice in the ALCS and once in the World Series, but did not take any at-bats. 3 Jasson Domínguez hits an RBI double during the Yankees' win against the Dodgers on June 1. Getty Images 3 Ben Rice rounds the bases after hitting a home run during the Yankees' win against the Dodgers on June 1. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect Warren was working out with the Yankees stay-ready group for the first half of the postseason before going back home to Louisiana for the rest of it and watching from his couch. Their contributions in the rematch entering Sunday varied. Rice went 2-for-3 with a walk in the opener before sitting out Saturday and launching a two-run homer Sunday. Domínguez delivered a pinch hit single in Friday's loss, but then went 1-for-4 Saturday with a double and three strikeouts looking. CHECK OUT THE LATEST MLB STANDINGS AND YANKEES STATS He hit an RBI single Sunday before exiting in the fifth inning with a thumb injury after stealing a base. And then there was Warren, who seemed a tad amped up for the start before it quickly went sideways. His velocity ticked up on the big stage, but he struggled with his command as he got shelled for seven runs on six hits and four walks while recording four outs in Saturday's 18-2 drubbing by the Dodgers. Boone insisted it was not the size of the series that got to Warren but simply a lack of execution. 'Probably just being off, and being off against that team, they're going to make you pay for it,' Boone said. 'I think it's more that. He's faced a lot of growing moments in his big league career. He's already in his big league career where he's got it handed to him. He's pitched well in his big spots. So he's got a lot of ability and he's already grown a lot as a pitcher here in these first couple months of the season. I expect that to continue.' Of course, in a perfect world, the Yankees may not need Warren to be part of the rotation once this October rolls around. But the young right-hander promised on Saturday that he would let the frustration and bitterness of a brutal start sit with him for a few days before making sure he would be better off for it in the long run. 'I think the one thing he's shown here early in his big league career is he has learned a lot from every situation — from adversity, through some success,' Boone said. 'It's a hard game. You're going to take your lumps sometimes and we'll be better for having gone through that and grow from that. He has all the equipment to move right through this and be excellent, like he's been much of the season. It's no fun going through that when you have a day like this. But it's part of the game sometimes and you got to wear it.'
CBS News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Yarbrough shines, Yamamoto falters and Yankees avoid sweep with 7-3 win over Dodgers
Ryan Yarbrough limited baseball's best offense to four hits over six innings, Ben Rice hit a tiebreaking two-run homer and the New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3 on Sunday to avoid getting swept for the first time this season. The Dodgers outscored the Yankees 26-7 in winning the first two games of their World Series rematch, including an 18-2 rout Saturday. But right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the stalwart on a staff ravaged by injuries, labored from the start in front of 54,031, the largest crowd of the season at Dodger Stadium. Yarbrough (3-0) allowed one run and struck out five in his fifth start of the year. He was a reliever for the Dodgers last season and received his World Series ring while in town. Yamamoto (6-4) gave up a season-high seven hits while striking out two in 3 2/3 innings, both season lows. The Japanese right-hander permitted four runs and walked three. New York's DJ LeMahieu had his first four-hit game since 2021. The Yankees led 1-0 on Jasson Domínguez's RBI single in the first. Left fielder Andy Pages' throw sailed over the head of catcher Will Smith. Backing up Smith, Yamamoto made a pinpoint throw to second, but Kiké Hernández dropped the ball and Domínguez was safe. Domínguez later left the game with a bruised left thumb. Tommy Edman tied the game with a two-out homer in the second. After that, Yarbrough retired 13 of his next 15 batters. Pages and Max Muncy homered in the seventh. The Yankees took a 4-1 lead in the third. Rice's 425-foot homer to center field scored Aaron Judge, who walked. Anthony Volpe singled, went to third on Austin Wells' single and scored on Yamamoto's wild pitch. They extended the lead to 6-1 in the fifth on RBI singles by LeMahieu and Oswald Peraza off Lou Trivino. LeMahieu's RBI double made it 7-3 in the ninth. Key moment Judge and Shohei Ohtani were hitless after becoming the first reigning MVPs in major league history to homer in the first inning of a game on Friday. Judge was 0 for 4 with a walk and two strikeouts as the only Yankees player to go hitless. Ohtani went 0 for 4 with a strikeout. Key stat The Yankees are 4-0 this season when facing a series sweep, having beaten Arizona, Detroit, Cleveland and the Dodgers. They're also one of three teams that hasn't been swept in a series of at least two games. ... It was the first time this season the Dodgers' top four hitters went hitless: Ohtani, Teoscar Hernández, Freddie Freeman and Smith. Up next After an off day, Yankees LHP Carlos Rodón (7-3, 2.60 ERA) starts Tuesday against Cleveland. Dodgers RHP Dustin May (3-4, 4.20) pitches Monday night against the New York Mets.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Instant analysis: Yankees get to Dodgers early, avoid sweep behind starter Ryan Yarbrough
LOS ANGELES – Discreetly, Ryan Yarbrough planned to pick up his 2024 World Series ring this weekend. The veteran lefty was a Los Angeles Dodger until last summer's MLB trade deadline, and he was a Toronto Blue Jay until the penultimate day of spring training this year. Advertisement On Sunday, the soft-tossing, side-arming Yarbrough was the Yankees' best weapon against Shohei Ohtani and the defending world champs at Dodger Stadium. Using his array of cutters, sinkers, changeups and sweepers, Yarbrough dazzled the Dodgers over six innings and prevented the Yankees from being swept in this World Series rematch. Ben Rice's two-run homer off Yoshinobu Yamamoto highlighted a three-run third inning and pushed the Yankees toward a 7-3 victory before 54,031 fans – the largest crowd this year in L.A. Entering the game, Ohtani was 4-for-10 in his career against Yarbrough, with two doubles, a triple and a homer. Advertisement But late Sunday afternoon, Yarbrough struck out Ohtani on a changeup, and got him to fly out and ground out, on the way to a harmless 0-for-4. Out of the No. 8 lineup spot, DJ LeMahieu had a four-hit day with two RBI as the AL East-leading Yankees (36-22) beat the Dodgers (36-23) for the first time since Game 4 of last year's World Series. Jasson Dominguez leaves game with thumb injury Yankees' outfielder Jasson Dominguez exited the game in the sixth inning, due to a left thumb contusion suffered while stealing second base during a two-run fifth. Yankees' Ryan Yarbrough outduels Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto Yamamoto entered Sunday with a sparkling 1.97 ERA but the Yanks s tagged him for four runs on seven hits and three walks, while Yarbrough lowered his seasonal ERA to 2.83. Advertisement In five starts since slotting into the Yankees' rotation, Yarbrough has a 2.08 ERA. Over six innings Sunday, Yarbrough gave up just one run on four hits - including a Tommy Edman home run in the second inning. Yarbrough walked none, struck out five and allowed the Yankees to reset after Saturday's 18-2 loss, when they used six relievers and a middle infielder, Pablo Reyes. Prior to Sunday's game, the Yankees called up veteran righty Carlos Carrasco and optioned reliever Yerry De los Santos to Triple-A, just to have an emergency long reliever. Entering with a 6-1 lead in the seventh, Jonathan Loaisiga gave up solo homers to Andy Pages and Max Muncy, but Devin Williams and Tim Hill closed it out. This article originally appeared on Yankees defeat Dodgers on Sunday behind starter Ryan Yarbrough
