Yoshinobu Yamamoto lasts only one inning in Dodgers debut

SEOUL, South Korea — Yoshinobu Yamamoto lasted one inning in his Los Angeles Dodgers debut after signing a report $325 million, 12-year contract, giving up 5 runs in a 15-11 loss 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.

“I really feel remorse that I simply could not maintain the group within the sport from the get-go, so I do really feel the accountability for it,” Yamamoto mentioned via an interpreter. “I simply obtained to prepare for the following outing.”

Yamamoto (0-1) 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 obtained 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 take care of the Dodgers in December, the biggest quantity assured to a pitcher.

“Simply did not have the command and so it isn’t in regards to the stuff,” Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned. “Once you’re a command man, which he is been his total profession — his life, and also you simply misfire, get behind in counts, hit batters, that is simply not who he’s. … He is a straightforward man that you realize he’ll bounce again from this.”

The Related Press contributed to this report.