LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers played one of their sloppiest defensive games of the year and watched it end on a robbed home run by Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. But Tuesday night provided them with an unmistakable dose of optimism -- Yoshinobu Yamamoto returned after a three-month hiatus, and his stuff looked as sharp as ever.
Before the Dodgers lost 6-3, dropping their division lead to 4 1/2 games, Yamamoto limited the Cubs to only a run in four innings of work, during which he struck out eight batters.