Baseball: Dodgers’ Yamamoto overcomes sluggish start in 6th win

Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed a run over six innings while striking out seven to earn the win as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 4-1 on Saturday. Yamamoto (6-2) allowed seven hits and a walk at Dodger Stadium, where he stranded two runners in the first inning and surrendered a 1-0 lead in the top of the second. “I was forced to throw a lot of pitches, but I was able to work out of trouble. The main thing was allowing just the one run,” said Yamamoto, who lowered his ERA to 3.32 while throwing 101 pitches. “I faced some tough spots but focused on going after the guy at the plate….

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