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The past two seasons, the Los Angeles Dodgers have been the dominant force in the MLB, and pitching has been a large part of that. Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been a key contributor so far this postseason,
Two days after throwing a complete game on 105 pitches, Yoshinobu Yamamoto pressed himself into duty for a Dodgers team that had exhausted its entire bullpen. The sight of him tossing in the bullpen was nearly as big a spectacle as Game 3 of the World Series itself,
Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the first Dodgers pitcher in nearly 40 years to throw back-to-back complete games in the playoffs in a 5-1 win over the Blue Jays in Game 2 of the World Series.
Yamamoto became the first pitcher since Curt Schilling in 2001 to throw a complete game in back-to-back postseason starts.
Check out the back-to-back complete games from Yoshinobu Yamamoto in 2025 and Orel Hershiser in 1988, the last two Dodgers to accomplish this feat