17:41 JST, October 12, 2024
Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers (right) and Yoshinobu Yamamoto celebrate in the clubhouse after the team advanced to the National League Championship Series with a 2-0 victory over the San Diego Padres in decisive Game 5 of the NL Division Series on Friday in Los Angeles. Although Ohtani was held hitless in the game, the Dodgers got an outstanding performance from Yamamoto in the first ever game of Japanese starting pitchers in a postseason game in Major League history. Yamamoto pitched five scoreless innings to beat fellow countryman and Padres starter Yu Darvish, who surrendered a pair of solo home runs in 6 2/3 innings.
