Dodgers Tie World Series Behind Throwback Excellence from Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Yamamoto's second consecutive complete game evened up the Fall Classic in Toronto.
The current era of MLB pitching is a different landscape. Bullpens are utilized more strategically, with managers and front offices hesitant to overextend their starting pitchers.
- Managers often deploy fresh arms instead of having a tiring starter face the same hitters multiple times.
- This approach makes sense, but it has led to a decline in complete games.
Complete games have become rare, even for pitchers with no-hitters on the line, unless their pitch count is low and their manager has full trust in them.
During the 2025 regular season, the 30 teams combined for only 29 complete games, one less than Hall of Fame southpaw Steve Carlton posted in his Cy Young-winning season for the Phillies in 1972.
The last-place Phils counted on “Lefty” for 346.1 innings.
Author's summary: Dodgers tie World Series with Yamamoto's excellence.
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