The Los Angeles Dodgers didn’t just put the Milwaukee Brewers in a 2-0 hole; they yanked away Milwaukee’s margin for error and the comfort of home in a matter of 18 innings. After two tense games in which Los Angeles dictated tempo and leveraged every inch of run prevention, the series heads west with the Dodgers fully in control. The tone-setter in Game 2 wasn’t a late homer or a defensive gem. It was Yoshinobu Yamamoto resetting the entire conversation about who holds the leverage on the mound.
Baseball is a game of adjustments, and Yamamoto just authored a textbook.