LOS ANGELES — For five innings on Saturday night, Yoshinobu Yamamoto looked every bit like the ace the Dodgers have leaned on throughout the first half of the season.
Then, one inning changed everything.
Yamamoto unraveled in a disastrous sixth inning, the offense continued its recent slump, and the Dodgers dropped their series to the Arizona Diamondbacks with a 9-2 loss at Dodger Stadium, falling to 61-35 with one game remaining before the All-Star break.
Locked in a scoreless duel with Brandon Pfaadt through four innings, Yamamoto appeared to be in complete command despite surrendering an RBI fielder's choice to Tim Tawa in the fifth that gave Arizona a 1-0 lead.
But the sixth inning quickly spiraled.
Then, one inning changed everything.
Yamamoto unraveled in a disastrous sixth inning, the offense continued its recent slump, and the Dodgers dropped their series to the Arizona Diamondbacks with a 9-2 loss at Dodger Stadium, falling to 61-35 with one game remaining before the All-Star break.
Locked in a scoreless duel with Brandon Pfaadt through four innings, Yamamoto appeared to be in complete command despite surrendering an RBI fielder's choice to Tim Tawa in the fifth that gave Arizona a 1-0 lead.
But the sixth inning quickly spiraled.
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