Baseball: Yamamoto strikes out 9, allows 4 runs in Dodgers’ loss

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Kyodo News

Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out nine over six innings while surrendering four runs but did not figure in the decision for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who lost 9-4 to the New York Mets on Friday. Yamamoto allowed seven hits and issued one walk at Dodger Stadium in his 99-pitch effort. The nine strikeouts are the most so far in his five-game Major League Baseball career. The Dodgers tied the game 4-4 in the sixth, but a seventh-inning error put a runner on for Francisco Lindor, who homered off Dodgers’ reliever Daniel Hudson (1-1) to give the Mets the lead for good. The Mets opened the scoring in the…

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