The Los Angeles Dodgers had already secured the best record in baseball before taking the field on Saturday in Denver but they needed one more strong outing from Yoshinobu Yamamoto before the playoffs begin.
The result was a 13-2 win and five solid innings from Yamamoto.
“Great tune-up for Yoshinobu,” said Dodgers manager Dave Roberts. “I thought the fastball was really good. Had life to it. I thought the command of it was really good. There were some near misses. As the game went on, the split got better. The curveball was good.”
The Dodgers weren’t playing for anything other than building Yamamoto’s arm up in his fourth start since coming off the injured list.