It was one for the ages. A game that will be talked about and referred to for decades, perhaps forever.
It was classic Dodgers versus Yankees, just as it was supposed to be.
Just as advertised and hyped.
It took 11 innings to complete, ending with a dramatic one-out double to left field in the top of the 11th on an 0-2/90.4-MPH slider from Yankees right-hander Ian Hamilton by the undisputed current hottest Dodger on the team right now, 31-year-old outfielder Teoscar Hernández, to give the Dodgers a 2-0 lead in their eventual 2-1 win over their 11-time World Series opponents.
“I’ve been taking really good at-bats the last two, three weeks but I wasn’t getting the results, and finally the last two days, I’m getting good results,” Hernández told SportsNet LA’s Kirsten Watson of his current blazing hot bat. “The most important for me is the winning, and just kinda continue to do the same thing and try to do my part to help the team.”
Although Teoscar was the offensive hero on Friday, 25-year-old Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto had his best start in a Dodgers uniform, allowing no runs and only two hits, while walking two and striking out seven in his 7.0-inning 12th start of the season, doing so on 106 pitches, of which 72 were strikes.
“Man, what a game. Wow,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said postgame. “Dodgers-Yankees, coming in here and watching Yoshinobu, his best outing as a Dodger. You could just see it. He felt it, he knew we needed it, and it brought out the best in him. I can’t say enough about his effort tonight.”
Keep your foot on the throttle, boys!
Play Ball!
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