Alexander: Just like the old days, Dodgers’ Yamamoto finishes the job
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TORONTO — Stand down, Dodger fans. No reason for fear. Yoshinobu Yamamoto is here. Whatever pearl-clutching resulted from Friday night’s 11-4 pasting by the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 1 of the 2025 World Series was short-lived. Yamamoto was able to do in Saturday night’s series-evening 5-1 Dodgers victory what Blake Snell couldn’t the night before. Did someone say complete games are passé? Not in this case. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts might be inclined to pull other starters at the 100-pitch mark, but for the second straight start he left Yamamoto alone, and the right-hander from Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, delivered again with a 105-pitch complete game in the Dodgers’ 5-1 victory that might...