Baseball: Yamamoto solid in final spring training outing for Dodgers

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Kyodo News

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw five solid innings Monday in his final tune-up before his scheduled Opening Day start in Japan against the Chicago Cubs. Yamamoto held the Arizona Diamondbacks to one run and four hits — all singles — striking out seven and walking one in a 75-pitch outing in a spring training game at Camelback Ranch in Arizona. His fastball reached as high as 97 miles per hour. The Dodgers won the game, 6-2. When Yamamoto faced runners at the corners with two outs in the second inning, he got Connor Kaiser looking on a slider for strike three. “I feel goo…

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