The Los Angeles Dodgers shelled out $1 billion for Japanese talent in the offseason and it’s paying off in the playoffs.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto outdueled Yu Darvish in a historic playoff matchup of Japanese-born starters, and the Dodgers got home runs from Kiké Hernández and Teoscar Hernández to beat the San Diego Padres 2-0 last night and advanced to the National League Championship Series.
Yamamoto allowed two hits over five innings for the Dodgers, getting pulled after 63 pitches in a decisive Game 5 between heated National League West rivals who were meeting in a Division Series for the third time in five years.
The Dodgers will play the wild-card New York Mets in the best-of-seven NLCS starting Sunday in Los Angeles.
The Dodgers won a decisive Game 5 at home for the first time since taking a 1981 National League Division Series against Houston after a season split into halves following a players’ strike.
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