TORONTO -- It had been 24 years since a starter put together consecutive complete games this time of year, a stretch that encompassed a seismic shift in the industry's handling of pitchers. One-hundred pitches have since become a red flag, and bullpens have increasingly taken on more importance, never more so than in October. That Yoshinobu Yamamoto did it now -- against another road crowd ready to erupt, while facing another lineup adept at making contact, at the tail end of his second major league season -- became a source of wonder among his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates.
'Amazing' Yamamoto fuels Dodgers with 2nd straight complete game
