One night after the now-viral beekeeper and Christian Walker’s walk-off shot had Chase Field buzzing, Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto showed the D-backs what a real pest looks like./cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73321802/2151041972.0.jpg)
Yamamoto carved up Arizona on Wednesday by scattering five hits over six scoreless innings, striking out five in an 8-0 victory that was the Dodgers’ eighth in their last 10 games.
It was another impressive step forward for Yamamoto, who has thrown back-to-back scoreless gems as he continues to erase the memory of his disastrous March 21 big league debut. The rookie allowed five runs while only recording three outs that day in Seoul, but he has a 1.64 ERA since.
The 25-year-old was able to cruise with a comfortable lead for much of this outing. Led by home runs from Andy Pages and Will Smith, the Dodgers plated six runs on six hits in three innings against D-backs starter Jordan Montgomery. Meanwhile, Arizona had no answer to Yamamoto’s dominance.
