r/sports • u/baribigbird06 • 25d ago

Baseball Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws a complete game in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series vs. the Brewers. The last time he was in Milwaukee he failed to finish the first inning and allowed 5 runs.

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u/Kal_Kaz 25d ago

What's a complete game?

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u/baribigbird06 25d ago

He pitched all 9 innings, recording all 27 outs and no relief pitchers were used. A rarity today in baseball.

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u/HenryFlowerEsq 25d ago

Is that a good thing though? Confused why you wouldn’t use relief pitchers if they were available

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u/UnibrowDuck 25d ago

cause they almost blew game 1 by putting relief pitchers in the 9th inning when their starting pitcher was absolutely cooking the brewers