LOS ANGELES — Perhaps the Yankees lastly discovered the important thing to beating LA: a junk-balling journeyman throwing at speeds beneath what they drive on the 405.
And perhaps, simply perhaps, Ryan Yarbrough, the previous Dodger, had somewhat little bit of wanted inside data.
That’s only a guess, after all. However how else to clarify his six marvelous innings of one-run baseball after the Dodgers destroyed Yankees pitching — together with Cy Younger candidate Max Fried — all weekend?
The lefty Yarbrough, who’s been nothing in need of a revelation in pinstripes, continued his shocking latest mastery in shutting down his outdated group, among the best in baseball and, extra to the purpose, the Yankees’ latest nemesis. Yarbrough threw nearly each pitch within the 60s, 70s and 80s and nonetheless managed to dominate the high-powered Dodgers, because of uncommon angles and ranging velocities, within the Yankees’ obligatory 7-3 victory earlier than a sold-out Dodger Stadium.
