Yamamoto goes distance as Dodgers beat Yankees 8‑2
NEW YORK (Interstat) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a complete game, allowing four hits and two earned runs with seven strikeouts, as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees 8-2 on Saturday at Yankee Stadium II. Yamamoto improved to 10-6.
The Dodgers scored two runs in the third inning, one in the fifth and five in the eighth. Shohei Ohtani had two hits and two RBIs, Tommy Edman added two hits and two RBIs, and Freddie Freeman drove in two runs. Max Muncy also had two hits.
The Yankees managed four hits, including a solo home run by Trent Grisham. Cam Schlittler took the loss, falling to 9-6, after allowing three earned runs in 4.1 innings. Attendance was 43,305. The game lasted three hours.
Los Angeles improved to 63-36, while New York dropped to 54-44. The Dodgers have won the first two games of the series.