We returned to Dodger Stadium for night two of the Tigers’ Opening Series against the Dodgers, and this time it was Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the mound for the Dodgers and Jack Flaherty for the Tigers. Kind of a fun series for Flaherty as he will get to collect his World Series ring from playing with the 2024 Dodgers, right after facing off against his old club. But he was all business and had no problem striking out his old pals.
Yamamoto had just come off a great start in Japan and his cutter and change-up pitches were doing a fine job of keeping Tigers’ batters off balance.