Yamamoto's playoff-ready performance

Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw a one-hit masterpiece over seven scoreless innings against the Reds. It was his most dominant outing in at least two months.

Vintage form after shaky start

After walking his first two batters, Yamamoto retired 21 of the next 22 with seven strikeouts. Manager Dave Roberts called it "vintage Yama."

“After the first two hitters, it was vintage Yama. Just attacking, not trying to be too fine.”

Quick outs on soft contact

Yamamoto's dominance came from easy outs on harmless contact, mirroring his ace performance during last year's postseason run.

Hoping for less heroics needed

The Dodgers hope they won't need Yamamoto to pitch back-to-back complete games like last postseason. But Roberts says "all bets are off" in October.

“You can't just try to create that during the regular season because you want these guys as strong and healthy for the October run [as possible].”

Freeman returns, breaks slump

Freddie Freeman returned from his knee injury and snapped a 3-for-30 slump with three singles. He had missed three games in the past week.

Hernández powers offensive surge

Teoscar Hernández hit a two-run homer in the third inning. He's batting .417 with four homers and 18 RBIs over his last 14 games.

Magic number down to one

The 4-0 win lowered the Dodgers' magic number to clinch the NL West to just one game.

Rotation key to October success

No position group will be more important than the starting rotation in the playoffs. Yamamoto and Tarik Skubal both threw seven scoreless innings this week.