Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani runs the bases after hitting a solo home run off of Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Gavin Williams during the first inning on Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani examines his bat during the first inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani tips his batting helmet during the first inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Monday,, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Gavin Williams throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani drops his bat as he watches the flight of his solo home run off Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Gavin Williams during the first inning of a baseball game, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani runs the bases after hitting a solo home run off Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Gavin Williams during the first inning of a baseball game, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, left, runs the bases after hitting a solo home run off Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Gavin Williams during the first inning of a baseball game, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, right, is congratulated by third base coach Dino Ebel, left, as he runs the bases after hitting a solo home run off Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Gavin Williams during the first inning of a baseball game, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws to the plate during the first inning of their game against the Cleveland Guardians on Monday in Cleveland. Yamamoto held the Guardians to two runs on three hits over six innings in a 7-2 win. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Gavin Williams throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani reacts after swinging at a pitch during the second inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani walks to the dugout after striking out during the second inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws to the plate during the third inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani gestures after a walk during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani smiles at second base during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani scores on an RBI single by Teoscar Hernandez (not shown) during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani reacts a after scoring on an RBI single by Teoscar Hernandez during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, left, reacts a after scoring on an RBI single by Teoscar Hernandez (not shown) during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Cleveland Guardians second baseman Will Wilson, center top, chases down the Dodgers’ Will Smith (16) after Smith was picked off during the fifth inning on Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts throws to first base to force out the Cleveland Guardians’ Gabriel Arias during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto walks to the dugout during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
The Dodgers’ Mookie Betts hits a two-run single during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
The Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman watches the ball as he begins to run to first base after hitting an RBI single during the sixth inning of a game against the Cleveland Guardians, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani runs to score on an RBI single by Freddie Freeman during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani scores on an RBI single by Freddie Freeman during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, right, celebrates after scoring on an RBI single by Freddie Freeman during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
The Cleveland Guardians’ Jose Ramirez runs after hitting a double during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Dodgers, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
The Cleveland Guardians’ Steven Kwan, right, reacts after striking out during the sixth inning of a game against the Dodgers, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
The Cleveland Guardians’ Kyle Manzardo, right, watches his RBI single during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Dodgers, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
The Cleveland Guardians’ Jose Ramirez, right, scores after an RBI single by Kyle Manzardo during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Dodgers, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers second baseman Miguel Rojas, right, attempts to tag out the Cleveland Guardians’ Jose Ramirez after Ramirez hit a double during the eighth inning on Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
The Dodgers’ Will Smith watches the flight of his solo home run off of Cleveland Guardians relief pitcher Joey Cantillo during the ninth inning of a baseball game, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers relief pitcher Luis Garcia celebrates after the final out of their 7-2 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers relief pitcher Luis Garcia, right, is congratulated by catcher Will Smith after the final out of their 7-2 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, right, is congratulated by Manager Dave Roberts, left, after the team defeated the Cleveland Guardians, 7-2, on Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws a ball into the stands before a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
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Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani runs the bases after hitting a solo home run off of Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Gavin Williams during the first inning on Monday, May 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
CLEVELAND — The group of starting pitchers spread out over their roster and the injured list seem to be a constant source of concern for the Dodgers. And then there is Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
Yamamoto allowed just three hits over six innings in his latest quality start as the Dodgers beat the Cleveland Guardians, 7-2, on Monday night.
“You could argue he’s been our most valuable player, given the people around him and what’s happened, versus Shohei (Ohtani) having a lot of other supporters around him on the offensive side and Freddie (Freeman), as well,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “But on the pitching side, just to be able to log six or seven innings and kind of reset your ’pen, give us a good chance to win every time he goes out there has been huge. And I feel very confident in calling him the staff ace.”
The two runs Yamamoto allowed actually raised his slender ERA from 1.86 to 1.97, second in the National League to his countryman Kodai Senga (1.46) of the New York Mets. Nearly as important for the starter-starved Dodgers has been Yamamoto’s reliability. The victory over the Guardians was the seventh time in his last nine starts that Yamamoto has gone at least six innings. He has allowed two earned runs or fewer in nine of his 11 starts.
Against the Guardians, Yamamoto was in charge from the start. He struck out four of the first five batters he faced. After taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning in his previous start, he allowed just one hit in the first five innings in Cleveland.
“Every week, every outing I reset my mind, everything. I completely reset,” Yamamoto said through his interpreter. “And whether it was good or bad I try not to take into the next outing. I just take it new every outing.”
Already a leading Cy Young Award candidate, Yamamoto made the kind of play that could win him a Gold Glove.
With runners at first and second and no outs, the Guardians’ No. 9 hitter, Will Wilson, dropped a bunt to the right side, pushing it past Freddie Freeman, charging in from first base. Yamamoto ran it down and kept going, racing Wilson to first base and tagging him out as he dove for first base.
“It’s nice to have athletic pitchers on the mound,” Freeman said with a smile.
“I heard he was a Gold Glover and all that stuff over there (three-time winner in Japan). You just can tell. He’s just an athlete. He moves really good and he’s always in a position to catch balls. So it doesn’t surprise me.”
The Guardians scored on a force out by Steven Kwan that followed Yamamoto’s play and again in the sixth inning when Teoscar Hernandez played Jose Ramirez’s soft line drive into a double. Kyle Manzardo drove Ramirez in with a single.
Roberts said Yamamoto had “a little hip issue” after the play at first base. He pulled him after 88 pitches through the six innings.
“I don’t know if that kind of got into the mechanics in that fifth and sixth inning. It just didn’t seem as fine,” Roberts said. “And then for me, I just felt that we pushed him a lot his last outing (110 pitches), so to kind of not push him to the fullest tonight made sense as he gears up for (his next start) Sunday (against the Yankees).”
Yamamoto spent the entire day pitching with a lead thanks to Ohtani.
“It’s nice when Shohei leads off the game with a home run every single day. That helps. It gets us going,” Freeman joked.
The rest of the Dodgers’ offense was more steady drip than explosion.
They scored a run in the second inning on an RBI single by Andy Pages then added two in the fifth as Guardians starter Gavin Williams walked six batters and threw 109 pitches in just 4⅔ innings. Mookie Betts and Freeman had back-to-back RBI singles in the sixth inning.
Will Smith added a solo home run in the ninth. Smith reached base four times in the game – two walks, a single and the homer.
“Obviously with Yoshinobu and how he’s been pitching all year, we were feeling pretty confident going into this game and he pitched like he has all year,” Freeman said. “It’s just nice to get some runs and back him up and tack on a little bit more at the end. A lot of guys contributed so hopefully we can carry that into tomorrow.”
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