Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts spent the better part of the last month insisting Yu Darvish was making progress toward pitching to the expected level. On Wednesday night, Darvish turned in his best start since striking out 10 over seven scoreless innings in his Dodgers debut.
Buoyed by an early lead thanks in part to Cody Bellinger’s RBI triple, Darvish limited the San Francisco Giants to just three hits across seven shutout innings. He faced just one over the minimum and only allowed one baserunner to reach second base.
That was Hunter Pence, who led off the bottom of the first with an infield single.