Dave Roberts Pulls Yamamoto

Dodgers manager explains why he pulled Yamamoto after 2 ⅔ innings in NLCS Game 2.

Oct 12, 2026

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Dave Roberts Pulls Yamamoto

Dodgers manager explains why he pulled Yamamoto after 2 ⅔ innings in NLCS Game 2.

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Dodgers manager explains why he pulled Yamamoto after 2 ⅔ innings in NLCS Game 2. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts pulled Yoshinobu Yamamoto after 2 ⅔ innings in NLCS Game 2 due to team momentum shifts. Originally reported by California Post.

Roberts pulls Yamamoto

Yoshinobu Yamamoto holding a baseball, standing on the field with Dave Roberts.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts pulled Yoshinobu Yamamoto after 2 ⅔ innings in NLCS Game 2.

“For me, I felt we had to stop the damage right there”

Yamamoto's performance

Yoshinobu Yamamoto walking on the pitcher's mound during a game.

Yamamoto threw 75 pitches in 2 ⅔ innings with three runs, four hits, two walks, and one strikeout.

Team momentum shift

Dave Roberts, Will Smith, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the field during a game.

Roberts said the Brewers gained momentum after Christian Yelich hit a two-rbi single.

“We just gotta reset, regroup. We’ve got six innings of baseball to play”

Here's the gist

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts pulled Yoshinobu Yamamoto after 2 ⅔ innings in NLCS Game 2 due to team momentum shifts.

Read the original on California Post

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