Baseball: Dodgers’ Yamamoto shines against Yankees in best MLB start

Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw seven innings of two-hit ball in the best start of his brief Major League Baseball career but got no decision Friday in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 11-inning 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees. Yamamoto allowed a hit in each of the first two innings and twice stranded a runner in scoring position. His two walks came in the sixth and seventh innings before he exited his 106-pitch gem at Yankee Stadium. “Because my mechanics were good, my pitches had the power of my weight transfer behind them. That showed what I can do,” said the three-time MVP from Japan’s majors whose…

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