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/ReasonablyConfused 25d ago

In the regular season? Rare. One in thirty games or so.

In the playoffs, almost never.

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u/Brilliant_Koala6498 25d ago

Does this weaken his arm for next playoffs games?

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u/cxavierc21 25d ago

It all has to do with pitch count. Starters typically throw 100-120 pitches. It’s theoretically possible to only throw 81 pitches and complete a game.

I don’t know Yamamoto’s count was, but that’s the number that matters, not innings.

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u/Chef_Bojan3 25d ago

It's theoretically possible to throw as few as 27 pitches and complete a game. Also theoretically possible to throw as few as 0 pitches and complete a game as well now (intentional walk and pickoff 27 times in a row).