Yamamoto drives Dodgers to the brink of NLCS

Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto walks off the diamond after pitching against the Braves during the seventh inning at Truist Park in Cumberland, Georgia, on Tuesday. | Imagn Images / via Reuters

AFP-Jiji

Oct 7, 2026

Enrique Hernandez and Freddie Freeman smacked home runs Tuesday to power the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers over Atlanta 3-1 and to the brink of advancing in the Major League Baseball playoffs.

A two-run blast by Hernandez and a solo shot by former Braves star Freeman in the fourth inning combined with a stellar pitching effort from Japan’s Yoshinobu Yamamoto to seal Atlanta’s fate.

Yamamoto, a 28-year-old right-hander, struck out 10, matching his MLB career high, while surrendering only one run on four hits over seven innings.

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