Baseball: Yamamoto hurls 7-2/3 innings of 1-run ball as Dodgers edge Mets

Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched 7-2/3 innings of one-run ball with seven strikeouts as the Los Angeles Dodgers edged the New York Mets 2-1 on Tuesday.Yamamoto gave up a leadoff home run to Francisco Lindor, who went deep to right to start the game at Dodger Stadium. But he soon regained his composure and escaped a jam in the seventh with two runners on and two outs.The Japanese ace did not factor in the decision, exiting in the eighth with two outs after allowing back-to-back singles.Kyle Tucker's soft fly single to left gave the Dodgers a 2-1 go-ahead lead in the bottom of the eighth after Shoh…READ FULL ARTICLE