Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes loved what he saw Tuesday night out of starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who returned to a Major League mound after missing three months with a strained rotator cuff.
After watching Yamamoto allow just four hits, no walks and one earned run while striking out eight in 4.1 innings, Barnes told reporters: "It was pretty surprising. I didn't know how he was gonna look coming back from this, and he looked better than ever."
Despite Yamamoto's dominant outing, the Dodgers fell 6-3 at home to the Chicago Cubs, dropping them to 86-59 on the season, which is 4.