SEOUL, South Korea — Yoshinobu Yamamoto lasted one inning in his Los Angeles Dodgers debut after signing a file $325 million, 12-year contract, giving up 5 runs to the San Diego Padres on Thursday.
The 25-year-old right-hander trailed 2-0 after 9 pitches and wanted 43 pitches to get three outs, leaving with a forty five.00 ERA.
San Diego batted round, and Michael Grove relieved Yamamoto with the Dodgers trailing 5-1.
Yamamoto allowed 4 hits, walked one, hit a batter and threw a wild pitch. He threw simply 23 pitches for strikes, averaging 95.4 mph along with his fastball. He tried 14 fastballs, 11 cutters, 10 curveballs and eight splitters.
Xander Bogaerts singled to left on his first pitch, a 96.6 mph fastball over the guts of the plate. Fernando Tatis Jr. was hit by a full-count splitter and Jake Cronenworth tripled into the right-field nook for a 2-0 lead.
Manny Machado walked, bringing pitching coach Mark Previous to the mound 15 pitches in.
Ha-Seong Kim hit a sacrifice fly, a wild pitch superior Machado and Jurickson Profar struck out on an inside cutter.
Luis Campusano hit a bouncer over third base that acquired underneath Max Muncy’s glove and went down the road for an RBI double and a 4-0 lead. Tyler Wade hit a run-scoring single to proper and rookie Jackson Merrill struck out on an inside curveball.
The Dodgers allowed 5 runs within the first inning only one time final season.
Yamamoto was a two-time Pacific League MVP in Japan for the Orix Buffaloes. He signed his cope with the Dodgers in December, the biggest quantity assured to a pitcher.